The West Essex Directory - March/April 2014

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วันอังคารที่ 18 กุมภาพันธ พ.ศ. 2014 ๑๔:๕๗ น.

March & April 2014 The West Essex Directory

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Contents PUZZLES Sudoku 12 Fun Quiz 18 Crossword 24

HOME & GARDEN Beauty Feature: Designer vs. Budget Beauty Buys 16 Garden Feature: A Touch of the Orient 20 Home and Interiors: 10 Ways To Save On Renovating Your Home 22 Health Feature: Hiatus Hernias 28

GENERAL Broxbourne 8 Technology Feature: Garden Delights - How tech can take the grunt out of gardening 10 Travel Feature: Nancy - City of Stanislas 41

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

Sales Manager Andy Green

E4 Publishing cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions or endorse companies,

products or services that appear in this magazine.

Editors letter

W elcome to the March/April edition of The West

Essex Directory, your local community magazine and business Directory.

Some of you have said that I’m coming over a bit curmud-geonly, even cantankerous. My dismissive remarks about Christmas, New Year, and happiness in general, combined with a thoroughly unpleasant approach to life, have led some to conjecture that I may not be the nicest person on the planet. To correct these misconceptions, I’m going to do my utmost to sound a bit more positive in the future.

So, hey – isn’t it great – spring will soon be with us, with bunnies, lambies and little piggy-wiggies, eggs and fluffly-wuffy little chicklets.

It’s no good. I can’t do this. I expect my daffodils will all fail to flower again. I won’t get any Easter eggs. April will be 29 days of rain. And then comes

summer, the worst season of all. The extra hour of daylight in the evening messes up the picture on the TV and the sun gets in my eyes and ruins Ce-lebrity Wife Swap. But I promised to be more positive, and I don’t want to let you down. So, on the bright side, it’ll be winter again before

you know it. David Young

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I don’t mean to boast, (which means, of course, that I have every intention of being extremely conceited) but my sister owns a

great big boat. Now I can tell that you’re already green with envy, but hear me out, do. You see, I’d always thought that, in addition to it being great and big, it was also long.

“My boat may be long, dear brother,” she once said rather cryptically. “But it’s not a long boat.” The Young family don’t do family arguments, so I let her think she’d won. Any old how, it turns out that longboats were what Vikings used when they came invading, and the people that we saw bobbing about and lazing were far too sedate to have been marauders, and they didn’t have those helmets with the horns on, so maybe my sister

was right. (It occurs to me that I could become the nautical correspondent for the Directory with such vast knowledge, but the owners stead-fastly refuse to buy me that yacht.)

The sort of boat that bobs and lazes on the River Lea is the narrow boat, and the up side in owning a narrow boat is that you get to bob and laze about on the river. The down side is that, like a demanding puppy, the boat tends to make demands on one’s free time. And I had never quite seen the charm in that lazing about bit. Not, that is, until I walked along the River Lee from Rye House to Broxbourne, when the lap-ping of waves against rushes and the swans that swam serenely by and the general greenness and wateriness of it all provoked in me a strange and unfamiliar desire to do a bit of lazing about my-self.

You can walk all sorts of different stretches along the Lea Valley Walk, between Luton and London where it reaches the Thames. That’s about fifty miles in all. (The more observant may have noticed an apparent typo in my Lea/Lee spelling, but that ain’t the half of it – there are 25 ways of spelling it, including Lyzan and Lyge.)

The southern half of the walk is inside a Re-gional Park, the first of its kind when it was es-tablished in 1967. This part was heavily canalised in the late 18th century and parts of its length Narrow boat

River Lee Walk or Lazing, Grazing and Nazeing

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divert into tributaries, branch off, rejoin, and generally show so much meandering and fork-ing that it seems the very river itself fancies a bit of lazing about and has absolutely no intent of ever going anywhere.

Fortunately, you don’t have to do the whole fifty miles at once. Trains and buses make it manageable in bite-size chunks. The four mile stretch from Rye House to Broxbourne is served by train, making it pos-sible to drive to the latter and get the train to the former or vice versa, if that makes sense.

Rye House itself was built in 1443, and was one of the first brick buildings in Britain. A leaflet explains that it has ‘diaper brickwork’. I’ve tried to come up with a suitable joke, but frankly I’ve got nothing. It’s a diamond pattern popular with the Tudors. Only the gatehouse remains. It was here that an unsuccessful plot was hatched to assassi-nate King Charles II in 1683. It was – wait for it – not a nappy affair.

The first stretch of the walk is alongside a speedway and karting centre, which doesn’t bode well for the promised tranquil calm of lapping water, nor for the sweet scented aroma of cow parsley, and there is more in the way of roaring and growling than lazing about, but this is soon left behind as the river bends south. The walk passes Glen Faba, an area of grasslands and reed-beds accessible along grassy paths. Further along is Dobb’s Weir, with walks branching off, an area steeped in history. Not sure who Dobb was, but

I’m sure he earned his weir. Nearby Nazeing Meads is a network of lagoons

popular with anglers. The path back to Broxbourne is clear and easy

with plenty of signposts. There are pubs at the beginning, the end and in between. Water buffalo have been introduced to graze in some of the waterlands alongside. You don’t need me to draw you a map really. I’ll stick to supplying my expert knowledge of boats. Just walk along any stretch, look at the wildlife, feel calmed by the water, let your spirit bob in rhythm with the boats, let your mind float like a swan – it’s all very therapeutic. Which makes me think - I really should get around to doing more lazing. I just can’t seem to summon up the energy.

David Young

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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

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At this time of year we always like to run a campaign for a charity to help

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This year our chosen charity is HAVEN HOUSE FOR CHILDREN.

I hope you agree that HAVEN HOUSE

is such a great cause.

Therefore starting from November 1st 2013 until April 30th 2014 we will donate £1.00 from every gold and silver service

carried out to HAVEN HOUSE.

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C hingford golf course is offering golfers the chance to play for just a penny – the cost of a round of golf 126 years

ago on Friday 21 March. For the last 126 years it has been compulsory

to wear an item of bright red clothing whilst playing on the fabulous 18 hole, par 72 golf course which is at the corner of Station Road and Bury Road in Chingford and just five min-utes walk from Chingford train station on the London, Liverpool Street line.

Although there are three golf clubs at the course, it is open to the public every day with

prices ranging from £10 to £25 per person for a round.

In celebration of the abolition of the “red" rule, City of London Corporation which man-ages the golf course as part of Epping Forest is having a charity golf day, where golfers can play for a penny and a voluntary donation to “Sport Relief,” which raises money to help vulnerable people in both the UK and the world's poorest countries.

Antony Fenwick, Head of Visitor Services said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for both our regular golfers and newcomers to enjoy a game of golf on this beautiful course in the heart of Epping Forest and raise money for a worthy cause at the same time. Our aim is to attract as many people as possible to use the course on 21 March and going forward, as it offers a complete range of facilities including a café; shop; professional golfer Andrew Traynor on site; top quality golf tuition as well as state of the art game improvement technology.”

Tee times will be available from 8am to 2pm on 21 March and are expected to fill up very quickly. To book your slot, please email [email protected] or tel. 020 8529 5708 straight away so as not to miss out.

To find out more about the charity golf day and what else Chingford golf course has to offer, you can visit the websites: www andytraynor.co.uk or www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/eppingforest, or email [email protected] or [email protected]

Charity Golf Day at Chingford golf course celebrating the end of the “red” rule


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(answers on page 38) Mascots

Puzzles

Fun Quiz


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During late July and August (school holidays), rides are also available on Wednesday after-noons 2:00pm - 4:30pm. Private hire events can also be arranged. Bus: 179 from Ilford to Chingford then 215 or 97 to Ridgeway Park, ask for Green Man pub stop. or Buses 215 or 97 from Walthamstow Central station. Car: Entrance to car park via Peel Close off Old Church Road, Chingford. E4 6XU. SatNav: E4 6XU

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(Solution on page 38)

Across 8. Coins spin round a gam-

bling place (6)

9. Stirred up about data I get (8)

10. Tips up to expectorate (4)

11. Eel to cater for those qualified to vote (10)

14. Lasso spun from a trial (6)

15. Hotels do provide a garden structure (4,4)

18. Country in Hesperus (4)

19. City held in comparison (5)

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

22. Battle reconstructed later in court (8)

25. Lamps damaged with a vital fluid (6)

26. Decorative form Roman leant (10)

30. Make a rule about bait (4)

31. A sore but sorted vandal (8)

32. Mistreated, as bad Sue might be (6)

Down 1. Aircraft built from a raw panel

(8)

2. Dish out, but is tired out (10)

3. Gnawing animal lair in decay (6)

4. Came across culinary spice (4)

5. Herb that produces money (4)

6. Couple like a fruit, we hear (4)

7. Middle region after a recent change (6)

12. Composer formed of phonic letters (6)

13. Bird seen in a yellow light (3)

16. Christmas visitor from a class aunt attended (5,5)

17. Colour and leave on a desolate island (6)

21. County from which tree moss can be harvested (8)

23. One woman overseas (6)

24. Odd drink? (3)

25. Column all rip apart (6)

27. Star returning to an old county (4)

28. Pitcher we're changing (4)

29. The sort of runt to change (4)

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CAR BOOT SALES The Whipps Cross Hospital League of Friends commence their 2014 car boot sales on Saturday 1st March then first Saturday of each month through to 1st November 2014. on the car park near A & E Dept. between 7.00am and 12 noon. To book a place please call Mrs. B.Fone be-tween 5.pm and 9pm. on 020 8556 3492. No food or drink sellers. Cars £10. Vans £14. CONCERT Sunday 2 March, 6.30pm. Walthamstow Assembly Hall. BEETHOVEN Egmont Over-ture. BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1, BRAHMS Symphony No. 1, Mark Shanahan con-ductor, Fenella Humphreys violin, Bruch’s Violin Concerto topped the Classic FM chart for many years, and is one of the most popular ever written. Sometimes described as “Beethoven’s Tenth Sym-phony”, Brahm’s Symphony No.1 combines the dramatic nature of Beethoven with long, lyrical melodies to make a fantastic end to the evening. £10 (concs £8) / Balcony £15 (concs £12) BUCKHURST HILL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY MONDAY 3 MARCH, Talk by Mr B Kaufmann-Wright sub-ject: Wildlife in the Garden. Venue: St. James' United Reformed Church Palmerston Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5NG. Admission £1 including refreshments. Time: 7.,00 - 9.30 p.m. For more informa-tion contact Chairman, Mau-reen Briggs - e-mail: [email protected] or ring 0208 504 8364. All welcome WINE TASTING EVENT in aid of the charity Holiday Homes Trust, Friday 7th

March at 7.15 p.m. at The Hall on the Green, North Chingford, London E4 7EN. Tickets £15 each which includes eight wines, four red and four white, old and new world. Hosted by our local French wine expert. Please call 020 8433 7290/1 or e-mail [email protected] to purchase tickets. WEST ESSEX RAMBLERS - We are a friendly walking group with walks 4 times a week, each Wed., Thurs., Sat., Sun. and occasional other days. For a complimentary programme or any queries, tel. 020 8502 1628 - www.westessexramblers.org.uk. 8th Mar., Sat., 9.30 From outside Chingford train station this 5-6 m. circular walk goes through fields and forest. 22nd Mar., Sat., 10.30 Meet at Buckhurst Hill Cricket Ground, off High Rd., A121. A morning circular 6 m. walk through fields, meadows and woods. 28th Mar., Fri., 18.30 Meet at Chingford train station for this evening 5 m. circular forest walk to a local pub. Out in daylight, back in darkness, so bring a torch. 5th Apr., Sat., 10.30 A FAM-ILY WALK over Pole Hill and on to Connaught Water. Meet at Chingford train station for this 3 m. buggy friendly circular walk for all the family. It may be muddy. 13th Apr., Sun., 10.30 Meet at Grange Hill Station for this 9.5 m. circular walk through Dick Turpin Country. Bring a picnic lunch, drinks only pub stop. EPPING FOREST & DISTRICT STAMP CLUB Next meeting Tuesday March 11th, Roding Valley High School Alderton Hill, Brook Road Entrance (Dining Hall),

IG10 3JA. Guest speaker on Postcards & Ephemera. 7.30pm. New members always welcome WOODFORD CONCERT SOCIETY Sunday 16 March at 3.00pm at Forest School, Snaresbrook, E17 3PY. Music by Mozart, Brahms and Enesco, Chihiro Ono, violin, Evgenia Startseva, piano. An exciting new duo combining the talents of two outstanding international art-ists. Tickets £12.50 (children under 18 £2) from 020 8529 3571 or at the door. CHIGWELL FLORAL ART GROUP 20th March. Floral demonstra-tion by Terri Potter 'Better the Chaos of Creativity' 2-4.00pm at Victory Hall Chigwell. Ad-mission for members is free and then can also bring along a friend for free. Please call 0208 505 2716 for details HARP STRINGS Saturday 22nd March. St. John’s Church, Church Lane, Loughton IG10 1PD at 7.30pm. Spring concert by The Chigwell Choir featuring music by Britten, Corp, Rutter and this year once again joined by Theydon Bois Primary School Choir for Chilcott’s Canticles of Light conducted by Alexander Campkin and accompanied by piano and harp. See www.chigwellchoir.org for more details. Tickets £12 Adults, £10 Concessions, £5 Under 16 available on the door, in advance from Leonie on 07958 763213 or online from www.wegottickets.com/event/255890 WALTHAMSTOW FLORAL ART SOCIETY These are all Floral Art Dem-onstrations

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27th March - Bob Plastow - (Title to be announced) 24th April - Fiona Franklin - Calendar Girls We are a very Friendly Club who welcome Visitors, for any information please contact myself Ann Young 020 8531 8178 or our Floral Art Secre-tary - Chris Saunders 020 8531 6784. The Meetings take place at Greenleaf Baptist Church, Greenleaf Road, Walthamstow, E17 6QQ at 7.30pm. SWEC’s NEXT CONCERT an evening of Brahms South West Essex Choir’s next con-cert will be on Saturday, April 5, when the choir will sing Brahms Requiem in English with an accompaniment for piano duet written by the com-poser. The choir will also sing Brahms’ Song of Destiny and the pianists Peter Foggitt and Andrew Sackett will play Brahms’ Hungarian Dances and Dvorak’s Slavonic Dances. The concert will be at 7.30pm at St Gabriel’s Church, Aldersbrook Road, Wanstead, London E12 5HH. The conduc-tor will be SWEC’s musical director James Sherlock, who has just returned from his de-but at Carnegie Hall, and the soprano soloist will be Augusta Hebbert. There will also be a professional baritone soloist. Tickets bought in advance are £13 (concessions £11) and under 18s £3. Prices on the day are £15 (concessions £13). Please contact 0208 554 2830 or www.southwestessexchoir.org.uk JUMBLE SALE 2nd Buckhurst Hill Scout Group, Sunday 6th April, 2pm-5pm. St James' Church, Palmerston Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5NG. We are the ONLY Scout Group in Buck-

hurst Hill. Raising money for NEW Camping Equipment. BUCKHURST HILL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SATURDAY 12 APRIL, SPRING FLOWER SHOW to be held at St Johns Church Hall, High Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5RX. 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. Plants for sale, 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 CHIGWELL FLORAL ART GROUP 17 April. Floral demonstration by Karen Davis-James titled 'Floral Designs' 2-4.00pm at Victory Hall Chigwell. Admis-sion for members is free, visi-tors £5. Please call 0208 505 2716 for details FREE COACHING WITH SILVERTHORN BOWLING CLUB SATURDAY MORNINGS, Ropers Avenue Ground, Chingford, E4 9EJ. The Club offers Free Coaching at their Saturday Morning Club, com-mencing Saturday 26th April through to August. Young People’s Groups ages 11-16years. Also free coaching for Parents/Adult Groups. (no upper age limit) Sessions are 10.30am to 12.30pm(so please arrive at 10.15am sharp) Don’t be afraid to come alone. You can be sure of a warm wel-come, and meet new friends. Our friendly Club House has a kitchen/bar and outside patio. Our aim is to bring the Sport of Bowling into the Local Com-munity. We anticipate building a Junior Team, that can match other Bowling Clubs with a youth element. The bowling

can be as leisurely as you wish, or you could move into competition if inspired to do so after Coaching. You can be assured of the support of our Coaches, who are all qualified with CRB checks. There is no obligation, and free refresh-ments are available. Come along, join in the fun, meet new people and learn the Sport of Bowling. Telephone to confirm that each of the Saturday Sessions are taking place, as there is a busy pro-gramme for the Summer. To be sure of your place, please telephone and book 020 5316619 Alternatively just turn up on the day and enjoy. FLAT SHOES MUST BE WORN. Silverthorn holds Clubmark certification, awarded by Sport England in 2013 WANSTEAD & SNARESBROOK ROTARY CLUB PRESENT Internationally ac-claimed The Colchester Mili-tary Wives Choir on Saturday 31st May at 7.30 p.m. at the Chingford Assembly Hall, Sta-tion Road. E4 7EN. Admission by Ticket (£20.00 including free draws ) ]can be reserved by ringing (020 8534 5188/020 8559 8155). All proceeds to Soldiers, Sailors & Airmen’s Family Association (SSAFA) and Action for Kids Towards Independence. Please make cheques out to Wanstead & Snaresbrook Rotary Club and post to Roger Fallows, 6, Mer-lin Grove, Ilford. IG6 2QX SWEC’s 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON will culminate with a grand Jubilee concert at Walthamstow Assembly Hall on July 5, when the world-famous pianist John Lill will be playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 5 (The Emperor) and the choir will sing Mozart’s Requiem. SWEC, which

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meets on Tuesday evenings from 7.45pm-10pm at Lough-ton Methodist Church, would welcome new members to sing in the July concert. No audition is necessary, but you must be able to sing and an ability to read music would be an ad-vantage. Rehearsals start on April 29. For more information about singing with SWEC please contact the member-ship secretary Mary McElarney on 01992 812606 or [email protected] SOUTH WEST ESSEX CHOIR South West Essex Choir is an SATB choir with about 100 members. We meet on Tues-days from 7.45-10pm in the

Methodist Church, High Road, Loughton, Essex IG10 1RB (a 10 minute walk from Loughton Central Line Station and on bus routes 20, 167). New members are always welcome. You must be able to sing but no audition is neces-sary. We give three to four concerts a year in venues throughout West Essex, con-ducted by musical director James Sherlock, who recently made his Carnegie Hall debut. See www.southwestessexchoir.org.uk or phone membership secre-tary Mary McElarney on 01992 812606.

LUPUS UK ROMFORD SUPPORT GROUP LUPUS UK is the only national charity supporting people with systemic lupus, discoid lupus and those approaching diagno-sis. The Romford support group meets on the second Sunday of each month for a social chat and to share ex-periences and tips for coping with lupus. For further informa-tion about joining us for a meeting, please call Paul How-ard on 01708 731 251 or email [email protected]

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T he Friends of Epping Forest are now getting ready to help re-open the Epping Forest Visitor Centre at High Beach from April.

The visitor centre at High Beach since 2012 has remained open only at weekends and Bank Holi-days, following the opening of Epping Forest’s flag-ship award winning visitor centre, ‘The View’ in Chingford. Now this new partnership will enable the visitor centre at High Beach to continue and develop its services for visitors.

The View - located on Rangers Road - is open daily 10am-5pm and is the City of London Corpo-ration’s most visited information point in the For-est, providing an events space, information about the story of Epping Forest and how to make the most of a visit to the ancient woodland. Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge, built in 1543, and But-ler’s Retreat café, are next door.

To facilitate the changes and developments at the visitor centre at High Beach, it is now closed until April, enabling new recruits to be trained to work in the Centre.

The City of London Corporation’s Epping For-est’s Head of Visitor Services, Tony Fenwick said: “We are delighted that the Friends of Epping Forest

have offered to operate the centre at High Beach and we will now work in partnership to provide appropriate support and training. The aims are to ensure that the facility at High Beach remains open to visitors and provides a high quality and develop-ing service for visitors to this popular area of the Forest.”

Judy Adams, Chairman of the Friends of Epping Forest, said: “We welcome this opportunity to help retain and develop the services for visitors at High Beach, a very heavily visited part of the Forest. Recruitment for volunteers has begun and this is your chance to share your love of this ancient woodland with others and enable them to explore and understand more of the Forest.”

Photo credit: David Young

To find out more or to register your interest in becoming a volunteer at High Beach, ring 020 8418 0730, email [email protected] or visit the websites of the Friends of Epping Forest or the City of London Corporation: [email protected] or www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/eppingforest.

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AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS for friends and families of alcoholics. Al-Anon Family Groups offer understanding and support to anyone whose life is, or has been deeply affected by someone else’s drinking whether the alcoholic is still drinking or not, whether you are living with the alcoholic or not. You need not be alone. To speak to someone who understands and for details of an Al-Anon meeting near you, ring the confidential helpline on: 020 7403 0888 (10 am-10pm). w: www.al-anonuk.org.uk e: [email protected]. Family Groups Ltd., Registered Charity.

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Architect

Nic Antony Architects Ltd 7

Blinds

Blind Gallery 13

Building Services

CP Building Contractors 38

Dendale Construction Ltd 25

Woodville Building Services 43

Carpet, Curtain, & Upholstery

Cleaning

M&K Cleaning Services 37

Chimney Services

FAF Chimney Services Ltd 24

Cleaning Services

Angels 27

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City of London Corporation 15

Cosmetic Surgery

Spire Health Care 17

Cruise Holidays

The Cruise Village 19

Dance Studio

Redbridge Classical Dance

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Decorating Services

D Mulqueen 39

Sullivan and Co 39

Disco Centre

Early Riser Disco Centre 5

Domestic Appliance Repairs

Standard Appliances 38

Driveways

Southwell Drives 7

Driving School

Quest Driving School 8

Electrical Services

Ultra Electrics 31

Estate Agents

Petty Son & Prestwich 11

Fencing

JMG Property Services 37

Function Hall

Chigwell Victory Hall 34

The Woodford Wells Club 31

Garage Conversions

West Essex Garage Conversions 29

Gardening Services

MG Gardening Services 21

Glass & Glazing

Eco 40

Glazing Maintenance Services 25

Graphic Design Service

Moo-Creative 6

Home Entertainment

Bang & Olufsen 3

Kitchens

Granite Transformations 30

Leisure Centre

Sylvestrian Leisure Centre 6

Motor Car - Services

Andrew H Young 25

Attention 2 Detail 34

Belgrave Motor Services 12

Holford Motors 26

Oven Cleaning Services

Oven Wizards Franchising Ltd 37

Personal Training

Matt Green 27

Pet Services

Cosy Catz 30

Funky Dogs 7

Hugs and Tails 39

Plasterering Services

SAF Plastering 5

Plumbing/Heating Services

Heatwiz Plumbing & Heating 13

London & Essex Heating Ltd 23

Psychotherapy

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Replacement Windows & Doors

Allied Media Partnership Ltd 18

Eco Trade 2

Roofing Services

Clarkes Roofing 5

Diamond Roofing & Guttering

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Upholsterery

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Leadale Upholstery 27

Waste Disposal

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The West Essex Directory - March/April 2014