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Cover photo: Prestbury’s Farm Shop by Garth Aspinall.

Issue 48 - January-December 2016

ContentsBarnaby Festival 2016 4

Inside People 7

The Book Group Recommends 8

In Touch 11

Crossword 15

dolly Mixtures 16

Sudoku 19

The Walk 20

Avro Heritage Museum 22

Howard Jones Ticket Competition 23

Canada By Design 24

Children’s Activities 27

Just 4 Kids 28

Inside Guide 31

Martin Lewis Column 33

Puzzle Solutions 36

Useful Numbers 37

Classified Index 38

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Co-Editors

Garth Aspinall

Claire Hawker

As INSIDE Magazines approaches its tenth birthday in February 2016, we realise just how lucky we are to be a community magazine publisher. It has been a real privilege to be able to engage with so many lives, so many organisations and so many great local businesses. As a result of your contributions, many people, places, achievements, opinions, hopes and dreams have been mirrored in this magazine. Sometimes we look forward. Sometimes we look back. And at other times we just try to make sense of it all.

At the turn of the year, many will be looking forward and dreaming of a special holiday. Travel by Design always offers food for thought and explores Canada in this issue. The AVRO museum in Woodford will undoubtedly have everyone looking back, some in sheer wonder, others with a tearful eye. INSIDE People features Ambrose Smith whose values and commitment to education just have to be admired and are perhaps important clues to our making sense of it all.

Thank you for your support. Happy New Year.

John Hartshorn, carnival director for Macclesfield Barnaby Festival 2016 is a man on a mission – following next year’s theme of ‘Space’, the passionate parade leader is calling on Maxonians to get behind the parade to craft 10,000 stars.

Explaining the request John says ‘we want the parade and the town of Macclesfield to be shimmering with stars for 2016, to reflect the theme of ‘Space’ – any size, colour, material or quantity – we just want stars! So, whether you’re a community group, individual or crafty society, put your skills to the test and help create Macclesfield’s very own constellation!’

Design and construction for what promises to be Barnaby’s biggest, brightest and boldest parade is well underway at ArtSpace where John and a loyal team are busy building giant puppets, hand-crafted floats and costumes ready for 2016. Each year John aims to get more people involved in the lively cavalcade that passes through the streets of central Macclesfield. ‘There’s always a role for willing volunteers be it using well-honed carpentry, building, engineering skills in the workshop, being a flag bearer or float-puller on

the day, costume making, decorating or being an animateur (crowd-entertainer!)’ To get involved simply come along to ArtSpace on Tuesdays from 12noon until 9pm to meet the parade team.

In addition to active involvement the parade team is seeking some unusual items to create new floats, so if you’ve any of these (working or not!) lurking in the loft get in touch with John directly at sambajohn1@yahoo.com

■ Old golf buggy

■ old bikes/random wheels

■ old electric scooter or mobility scooter

■ bamboo canes

■ metal poles such as old tent poles

■ hats

■ cloaks

■ fancy dress items

Barnaby Festival, a contemporary arts festival, was launched by volunteers in 2010 to reinvent the centuries-old tradition of celebrating St Barnabas Day and became biennial in 2014 after five annual festivals.

Barnaby Festival 2016 takes for its theme ‘Space’ and runs Fri 17 - Sun 26 June, 2016 in Macclesfield town centre.

Parade workshops take place every Tuesday 12noon to 9pm at Macclesfield Community ArtSpace, 2nd Floor, The Arsenal, Sutton Mill, Heapy Street, Macclesfield Cheshire SK11 7JB www.macclesfieldcommunityartspace.com

BarnaBy SeekS Ten ThouSand STarS for 2016 Parade

John Hartshorn creating the MBF 2016 parade centrepiece. Photo by Lisa Paton.

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Ambrose Smith was born in Preston, Lancashire and attended Preston Catholic College before going to Manchester University where he studied for a BSc in Physics and subsequently a PhD in Experimental Atomic and Molecular Physics. Influenced by coming from a family of teachers, his father was Head teacher of a Preston Comprehensive School, and wanting to do something more useful than abstract research, Ambrose then studied for his Postgraduate Certificate in Education at Leicester University.

By then he had met Judith who became his wife and they now have a son, a daughter in law and three grandchildren. After gaining his teaching qualification, Ambrose returned to Manchester where he taught physics at Parrs Wood School, moving after three years to Stretford Grammar School for Boys. A firm champion of comprehensive education, when he learned that the plans for the grammar school to become comprehensive had been abandoned, he left to teach for nine years in Notre Dame High School in Norwich. In 1989 he returned north where he became the Principal of Aquinas College in Stockport, for 22 years.

When Ambrose joined Aquinas, it was made up of some 400 pupils; by the time he left it was one of the largest and most successful colleges in the country with around 2000 students. Aquinas College, he modestly explains, was so successful not because of his leadership but as a result of a strong staff team and college community with clearly expressed values that they tried to live. In times of adversity or challenge his favourite maxim, from a medieval mystic, Julian of Norwich, was “All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well”

Such was the success of the college, Ambrose was invited to serve on a number of national bodies including the Sixth Form Colleges’ Association Council, the National Pay and Conditions Body for Sixth Form Colleges and several Departments for Education working parties. For his services to education locally and nationally Ambrose was made a Commander of the British Empire CBE.

Among his interests Ambrose lists walking, cycling, photography, reading and music. His wife Judith was a teacher of the oboe and bassoon, his son is a cellist and Ambrose plays the oboe, the cor anglais, recorder and the saw. The saw is an ordinary carpenter’s wood saw which he plays with a viola bow. He is self-taught, playing hymns and liturgical music and has played in church at Masses. His popular pieces are O Sole Mio and Saint Saens’ The Swan. His favourite music is that of J S Bach and though he enjoys books of all types his favourite read is Shakespeare’s sonnets. Although his appetite for food is what he describes as omnivorous, he confesses that he particularly likes French cooking.

Ambrose’s likes are environmental issues, perhaps not surprisingly, young people, and foreigners. Shortly after the removal of the Iron Curtain, he established links that still thrive between the college and a Romanian high school – becoming the longest standing of any Romanian international exchange.

His ambition is to become a great grandfather and his heroes are JFK, Newton, the great physicist and Pope Francis and he adds a heroine, Kathleen Ferrier, because of her beautiful voice and because, like him, she was a native of Preston. If he hadn’t been a teacher, Ambrose would have pursued his earlier physics research studies and would have been an Optical Astronomer.

Last Word from Ambrose

Education is the key to the world’s survival in the future and not just a route to employment. Well educated people are better parents, better citizens and more fulfilled people.

inside peopleAmbrose Smith

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This month we have recommendations from a novice and a veteran. The Miniaturist is Jessie Burton’s debut novel set in Amsterdam in the winter of 1686. 18-year-old Nella Oortman arrives at the grand house of her new husband Johannes Brandt a wealthy merchant. His sister, Marin, is cold and distant and his servants Cornelia and ex-slave Otto (dark dark brown everywhere) are equally unforthcoming. Johannes avoids consummating their marriage and presents her instead with an elaborate wedding gift - a cabinet house - an exquisite diminutive replica of his property which he invites Nella to fill with miniature furniture. From the outset Nella regards the cabinet house as “a monument to her powerlessness, her arrested womanhood.” Puzzles follow - How does the miniaturist she commissions know so much about her and the other members of the household, such that the items seem to mimic, foretell or comment upon events in the house? What are the secrets that Johannes and Marin are trying so hard to keep?

Burton has done her research. Calvinist Amsterdam is a place of fascinating contradictions where greed and puritanism sit uneasily together, and where the people eat their sugar in secret. The novel does make for a

gripping read. There is a tense trial at its heart, along with almost every type of bigotry - gender, race and sexual orientation. There are some beautiful descriptive passages. The group were divided – many loved it but some felt it left too many unanswered questions. You decide – look out for the cinematic adaptation!

Our second book is by Joanna Trollope. She says, rather controversially, that you cannot be a great writer until after 35! Balancing Act is her 18th novel and like many others is written on the theme of family relationships.

For more than 30 years Susie has been running Susie Sullivan, a company that first sold pottery but now sells a fantasy of rural life, pretty prints, tea towels, satchels, stationery, think Cath Kidston. The business keeps all three of her daughters employed. Four strong women; but what happens when they begin to want different things and what about the men and children in their lives? Susie has always been the breadwinner while her husband was there for their three daughters and now he wants something of his past back. One of her sons in law, who works for the company, to Susie’s distress wants to change things. Into this mix returns Susie’s father, an ageing hippy who abandoned Susie as a baby. The problems of the past, present and future become challenges to the stability of family and business. Which relationships, if any, will survive?

Trollope is adept at telling her story through conversation, argument and in snatches – a possible radio adaptation? An easy read maybe, but definitely a revealing and convincing portrayal of life within a family business, and we enjoyed it.

The Book Group Recommends

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CHRisTiAn Wins nATiOnAL CARTOOn OF THe YeAR AWARd

Brilliant 12-year-old Macclesfield cartoonist Christian Beeston turned an age old joke on its head to win the British Cartoonists’ Association’s Young Cartoonist of the Year Competition.

The King’s School pupil was the youngest entry from over 500 submissions nationwide in a competition open to 18-year-olds and under and judged by the cartoon glitterati of the national press. His winning entry features a rabbit pulling a man out of a hat and has

only four letters of writing ‘Ta Da’, the impact all stemming from the absurdity of the image.

Christian said: “I wanted to think of something original and simple; something that makes you laugh and it just came to me. It’s not really a comment on how mankind uses animals and what it would be like if the roles were reversed,

but I can see how people might think that. It was just a joke and I liked it because it made me laugh.”

Christian who received £250 in a special ceremony at the Cartoon Museum on Little Russell Street in London, said: “I will save the money and buy something special for my art work when I work out what I really need most. It was an honour to meet these cartoonists and I was quite nervous but they were all so interested in my work and I got so many tips on using pen and ink and water colours and probably most importantly from Nick Newman of Private Eye about finding your own unique style and creating your own distinct identity.”

Martin Rowson Chairman of the BCA, from the Daily Mirror, said: “Our criteria, which we keep in our heads but instinctively understand amongst ourselves, is that the cartoon should first make us laugh and second be publishable. Christian’s came up trumps on both counts in spades: it’s both witty and wittily drawn, and that, to put it simply, is the dark secret at the heart of our craft.”

CHiLdRen’s LiTeRACY

Beanstalk is a children’s literacy charity that supports over 1400 children in the North West through recruiting and training reading helpers. We have nearly 400 individuals supporting children in local primary schools, making a real difference to the confidence and wellbeing of the children.

Each Beanstalk reading helper supports three children, on a one-to-one basis, for two afternoons a week and therefore provides much needed consistency and support to the children. Sessions are child-led, with a mixture of reading, conversation and play to engage the children. In the academic year 2013-14, 98% of those children helped by Beanstalk made meaningful improvement in their reading ability and so our volunteers make a positive and long lasting impact on the lives of the children they help.

Training and a DBS check is provided as well as ongoing support from Beanstalk. You can call 0161 8149515 for more information or apply directly at www.beanstalkcharity.org.uk.

In Touchyour Community noticeboard

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COMe And sinG WiTH Us!

Prestbury Choral Society enjoyed a hugely successful start to their 2015-16 choral season with a splendid concert in November. Handel’s Dettingen Te Deum, a glorious celebratory piece with organ, trumpets and timpani accompaniment, combined with the vibrant muscular choruses and arias of Bach’s Magnificat, made for a great evening of poignancy, passion and drama. The ever popular Christmas concert comprised Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit, an adaptation of French dance-like carols to fit various parts of the Mass text, along with a selection of Christmas carols edited and arranged by Sir David Willcocks (1919-2015).

Now we are looking ahead to the next event, our annual Singing Day to be held on Saturday 13 February 2016 at Wilmslow United Reformed Church. We shall be exploring the choruses from Haydn’s great oratorio, The Creation, and may even dip into some of the arias! As always, an informal performance will bring the day to a fitting conclusion.

The day will be led by an exciting and dynamic young conductor, James Hendry, who is currently studying at the Royal Northern College of Music as a Répétiteur in the Vocal Studies Department on the Master’s Degree course. He is widely known for his work as a conductor and accompanist specialising in the vocal repertoire from choral music to operetta and Grand Opera. For more information about James and the arrangements for the Singing Day, go to www.prestburychoral.org or call our secretary on 01625 262249.

This promises to be an exhilarating day and a lot of fun. We expect it to be very popular and numbers are limited, so book early to avoid disappointment!

sUPPeR & sOPRAnO

Arighi Bianchi is hosting a Supper & Soprano evening to raise money for East Cheshire Hospice. The event, being held at their landmark store in Macclesfield, marks the beginning of a year-long challenge to raise funds for the local charity.

Nick Bianchi is a family member and Commercial Director at Arighi Bianchi. “We’ve set ourselves a really big and important challenge to raise £40,000 in 2016. This figure represents the cost of employing one qualified Hospice nurse, Jill Harding, for a year, and we’re determined to reach our target. We’ll be taking part in lots of sponsored events and hosting charity fundraisers throughout the year.”

Supper & Soprano is the store’s inaugural event, with music from International Soprano and Arighi Bianchi Singer in Residence, Rachael Russell. Guests will also hear stories from Nick and his father Paul Bianchi, about the store’s fascinating 160 year history. A superb Italian supper, including canapés and Prosecco, is being specially prepared by the store’s resident chef.

“We’re looking forward to a great evening,” says Nick, ‘with a real Italian flavour to reflect our heritage and lots of Italian opera music to set the scene. Most importantly, of course, we’ll be raising money for the Hospice. This is the beginning of a big year for Arighi Bianchi and we hope customers old and new will come along to support us.”

Supper & Soprano will be held on Wednesday 13 January 2016 and begins at 6.30pm. Tickets cost £30 and are available to buy from the store’s Main Reception. Please ring 01625 233 333 for more information. Limited availability, so please buy early to avoid disappointment.

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sLeePinG BeAUTY

Bollington Festival Players are now well into rehearsals for this year’s pantomime, Sleeping Beauty, to be performed from 8 to 16 January. Having won Cheshire Theatre Guild’s Best Pantomime for four years running, they are hoping this will be another award-winning production, with a brilliant cast of 36 juniors between the ages of 9 and 16.

The panto is being directed by Nigel Wells with co-direction from his daughter Samantha.

Tickets are available from 07776 239613 or by emailing bfptickets@hotmail.com

Photo by Richard Buck.

Quick Crossword

Across7. Decay (3,3)8. Scribble dreamily (6)9. Took a dip (4)10. Child’s game (8)11. Deject (7)13. Re the Pope (5)15. Had one too many? (5)16. A place to sleep (7)18. Kennel for a bad dog? (8)19. Learner (4)21. A silly position? (6)22. Glum (6)

Down1. Front (4)2. Early Education (5,9) 3. Use (7)4. Perfect (5)5. Blaze (13)6. Golden place (8)12. Spasmodic (8)14. Reprisal (7)17. Swig (5)20. Gradient (4)

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The amazing mix of corn dollies on display at All Saints Church Siddington during harvest-time brings enchantment to this lovely place of worship.

The pungent and reassuring autumnal scent of leaves suffused the early night air; the fruit and vegetables in the church porch added their own aroma of earthy harvest home goodness; and from the warm light of the church within, Mr Raymond Rush, lay preacher, church custodian and corn dolly maker, welcomed Alderley History Group and ensured that we were all safely gathered in.

Supporting the church for nearly 60 years We were here for a guided tour of this delightful black-and-white church (first consecrated in 1521), just five miles down the A34 from Alderley Edge - and our host, Mr Rush, was a farmer on the Capesthorne estate and an immediate neighbour of the church. For nearly 60 years, Raymond Rush has shared his love for Siddington church with parishioners and visitors – and working alongside incumbent vicars, he has preached the Good Word from the pulpit on many occasions – though on this particular evening, his pulpit address was concerned with the church, its history – and a dazzling array of Interesting Facts!

A pun for every occasion!

Twinkling with enthusiasm and erudition, hale and hearty with mirth and mischief, Mr Rush started his address with a pun: “Siddington Church is a happy church - because it’s properly plastered!” Eschewing any unseemly alcoholic references, Mr Rush explained that the original 16th century timber-built church (with wattle-and-daub infill) had once supported a relatively light thatched roof, but when this was replaced by slate roofing around 200 years ago, the timber began to buckle under the increased weight, so was encased by supporting brickwork on both interior and exterior sides. The nave and outside west walls of brick were then properly plastered (sic!) and then painted to resemble the timbers that lay underneath.

A thousand corn dollies on display

Over the years, Mr Rush has made around a thousand corn dollies, which now decorate every wall, nook and cranny of the church during harvest time. Ranging from angels and stars to hearts and flowers, corn stooks and Christian symbols from around the world, corn dollies can trace their ancestry to pagan times, when the last ears of corn left uncut in a harvested field were thought to contain the spirit of growth and fertility. When this last corn was cut, the straw was made into a corn idol (from which the word doll or dolly is derived) which would reside in the farmstead during the winter and be returned to the freshly cultivated fields the following spring. The corn dolly would then be ceremoniously broken open to release the spirit of fertility into the newly sown grain, in order to teach it how to grow.

Limitless supplies of invaluable information

Mr Rush produced gems of information like a magician producing rabbits out of a hat; a 19th century Siddington Church parishioner called Slater had blown the bugle to sound the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War; Wilfrith Elstob, son of a past incumbent, won the MC, DSO and VC during the First World War; the low-level Lepers’ Window by the pulpit was so placed to allow lepers (who were incorrectly

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thought to spread leprosy) to look into the church during services without having to enter the hallowed premises; the phrase load of bull comes from Papal declarations or bulls – and weather-cocks appear on church steeples as a symbol of the Apostle Peter (the first Pope). This is because, in his Passion narrative, Christ told Peter that he, Christ, would be denied three times before “the cock crows”.

If you would like to visit Siddington Church (and you really should), it heartily welcomes visitors and worshippers, and chances are that Mr Rush will be there to take you round; but if he isn’t in the church, (in the punning style of the man himself) take your time to look around…because there’ll be no Rush!

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Distance: 11.6km (7 ¼ miles) OS Maps: OL1 and OL24

This is a varied walk over moors (especially resplendent in August when the heather was in full bloom!) and finally back along the River Derwent.

Start at Leadmill Bridge (233806) on the B6001 Grindleford road just over half a mile south from Hathersage. You can get to Hathersage by going through Castleton and Hope, heading for Sheffield, postcode S32 1BA.

Cross over the bridge and head left up the hill, past the Plough Inn to a minor road junction; turn right and go past Hazelford Hall (233799). Facing you on the bend in the road is a squeeze stile up some steps. Go through here and up the steep pasture, keeping left to the top where there is a stile onto the lane. Go up the lane past a farmhouse until you reach some barns on the left hand side of the lane; here on the right hand side of the lane you will see a footpath sign going onto the moor over a step stile.

Begin the steady climb onto the moor going through the heather. After passing between two stone gate posts, the path then crosses the moor to reach a fence running alongside the moorland edge; follow the path along here until you reach a

kissing gate that brings you onto Eyam Road and its junction with Sir William Hill drove-lane.

At once leave the lane and head right over the stile with a green sign for “Abney via Stoke Ford”. The path goes with the wall to the right, across Eyam Moor. Follow the path across the moor before it begins to descend to a wall stile beside an old gate. Go over the stile and continue down the path until you get to the junction at Stoke Ford.

Bear right over a slatted plank crossing of Bretton Brook; go through the gate where there is a loose wall bench. Then go right to cross a second plank footbridge going over Abney Brook. In the valley you will see a three-way signpost (211795), take the path to “Offerton Moor via Oaks Farm”. Go over the stile and up through the wood to a stile which takes you through a field to a further stile by a gate and out onto a lane (213797).

Cross over the lane, bearing right to a stile which takes you up the open access track to the farm. As you walk up here you will see a signpost taking you left up a meadow to a stile; go over the stile and continue up the path. Keep following the path forward, past the western side of the farmhouse where there is a rotting signpost nearby. The path goes in the same direction as the power lines

the Walk - Eyam and Offerton Moors

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the Walk - Eyam and Offerton Moors

to a fence stile, cross this and continue up the path to a green signpost , here turn right on the wide path signed for Offerton Moor. Follow this path as it crosses Smelting Hill ridge and then crosses the duck boards at Siney Sitch. As the path comes to the edge of Offerton Moor you get a glorious view of the Derwent Valley towards Hathersage and also of the Ladybower reservoir, Derwent Edge to Back Tor, Stanage Edge and Higger Tor. The path then descends though the bracken to Offerton Hall, as you descend you can see Millstone Edge backed by Over Owler. Follow the main path down to a left fork and a stile onto the road above Offerton Hall (213811).

Here you turn left going down past the hall to a gate on your right hand side. The gate has a footpath sign and takes you down to the river through several pastures, divided by gates. As you descend you will see a line of trees below you showing where the river is. At the river turn right as signposted for Hathersage. Follow the river path through several gates and over two brooks, getting to and going through a wood. This brings you out into a pasture and the path continues forward to a squeeze stile up steps and back out onto Leadmill Bridge.

This walk was contributed by Marple District Rambling Club. They organise up to 30 walks at all levels and distances each month, going out every Thursday and Sunday. To join Marple District Rambling Club, please contact Barry Wilson 0161 948 0566 or Deirdre Nolan 0161 427 7794. For additional information, including the current walks’ programme, visit www.marple-uk.com/rambling

A unique exhibition, celebrating Woodford’s contribution to the world of aviation, is now open and receiving visitors. Simply driving across the former airfield to reach the museum is quite an experience; the scale of the former BAE site now everything has been flattened has to be seen to be believed!

AVRO Heritage Museum is situated in BAE’s former fire station, the walls adorned with colourful artworks that used to hang in the canteen at the Woodford site. A comprehensive exhibition, celebrating the proud history of aircraft manufacture at the Woodford factory, follows a timeline starting with the life of pioneer and aviator Alliott Verdon Roe and his first success the Roe 1 Triplane. In addition to the

exhibits, the Museum maintains an extensive archive; a Vulcan XM603 can be explored close up alongside the main Exhibition Hall. Inside you can climb right into the cockpit of a Vulcan XM602 and feel what it was like to sit in the pilot’s and navigators’ seats.

Become a Friend of the Museum

The museum is a self-funding Registered Charity and the cost of maintaining and developing it cannot be covered by entry fees and shop/café sales alone. It is therefore reliant on generous donations and the contributions of Friends of Avro Heritage Museum through annual subscriptions. Friends enjoy unlimited free entry to the Museum, 10% discount on purchases, a newsletter and advance notice of special events www.avroheritagemuseum.co.uk

Current opening times are Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm. Group and school visits can be scheduled at other times by arrangement.

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It was in 1983 that Howard Jones first burst upon the contemporary music scene with his very English songwriting, pioneering synthesizers and thought provoking lyrics. He set out his manifesto in his very first single ‘New Song’. The lyrics called on the listener to challenge their preconceived ideas, to see both sides and ‘throw off your mental chains’. New Song was recently used in a pivotal scene in ‘Breaking Bad’ where Aaron Paul’s character Jessie Pinkman questions if he wants to ‘play by the rules’. Howard has sold over 8 million albums across the globe and is one of a select group of British artists who has comprehensively ‘broken America’.

Howard Jones solo shows are an intimate trip through Howard’s 30 year music career. Many of his best known songs were composed on his favourite instrument, the piano. Howard shares

behind the scenes stories and reveals the inspiration behind the songs in this rare acoustic show at the Royal Northern College of Music on Thursday 18 February.

Howard is supported by Elise Yuill, a Devonshire-based singer songwriter fast establishing herself in the contemporary folk scene, who will be performing songs from her debut album due for release in 2016.

Box Office No: 0161 907 5200 Web - rncm.ac.uk/performance/howard-jones/ Tickets - £22.50 advance

Enter our prize draw to win a pair of tickets. Simply email your name and a contact telephone number to competition@insidemagazines.co.uk Please put Howard Jones tickets as the subject and tell us which INSIDE magazine you read. Closing date 30 January 2016.

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Avro heritage Museum

This is a great time for thinking about next year’s holiday. As the nights draw in we are inclined to think about sunshine, dramatic scenery and family get togethers.

There is a well trodden route through Canada starting in Toronto on the East side of the country, and for 2016 there are direct flights from Manchester. We recommend a three-day stay in Toronto where a trip to Niagara Falls is possible for the day or an alternative would be to visit the wineries of Niagara on the Lake, and to try the local speciality, ice wine. Kristina has visited the area many times as she has an old school friend who lives in North Toronto. After exploring the city, they like to head north to explore Ontario and they have a favourite resort hotel where the accommodation is in little cottages set around the lake. They use this as a base to visit all the little towns and villages in the area, by day, and in the evening they light up the woodburning stove and either eat in, or at the hotel’s fine dining restaurant. Their wake up call is when the float planes arrive on the lake, quite early

in the morning or alternatively they have been fortunate to hear the ‘call of the loon.’ The fall colours are magnificent; the experience very tranquil.

If you wish to visit Western Canada this obviously takes more planning. Again there is a tried and tested route flying from Manchester into Vancouver – direct in the summer, where we recommend a three-day stay in the city. On the fourth day we would suggest taking the ferry over to Vancouver Island where you can visit the British Columbia state capital, Victoria, see Butchart Gardens and take a whale watching trip. It is also possible to take a float plane from Vancouver to Victoria and back for the day. Returning to Vancouver, we would then plan an itinerary to suit your requirements to take you across the Rockies either by car, coach, or on the world famous Rocky Mountaineer train to explore the eastern Rockies before finally making your way to Calgary for your return flight to Manchester.

In 2015, our varied Canada itineraries included:

■ an independent tour of the Rockies without hiring a car

■ a visit to Drumheller - ‘dinosaur capital of the world!’

■ a family history trip to Atlantic Canada tracing the war time record of a family member

■ a tour of Montreal and Quebec using the train

■ The famous Rocky Mountaineer trip through the Rockies

■ A western Canada itinerary and including a cruise along the Inside Passage to Alaska

■ Bear watching at Knight Inlet, a very special place

■ Walking on the Athasbasca Glacier in Columbia Icefield between Jasper and Banff

The holiday season for Western Canada is relatively short with most passengers travelling between mid May and the end of September, the snow comes early and is around until well

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into the following April, but during the summer the climate is lovely especially for exploring the wonderful countryside. Eastern Canada however, has a much longer season where an early spring break can be amazing value and an autumn holiday can be delightful especially if you include ‘leaf peeping’ – admiring the wonderful Fall colours through Quebec and Ontario.

Early booking offers, including free nights at many hotels, are already through for next year. So to book your Canada holiday and get the very best prices, give us a call on 01625 584195 or email to info@travelbydesigngroup.com and let us share our design ideas with you whether it is for a honeymoon, family holiday, or that magical vacation you have been promising yourself.

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Things to do with pre-school kids

Compiled by Jenny Rileye: jenny@insidemagazines.co.uk

MondayBosom Buddies 10.30-12noonBridgend Centre, Bollington. Skilled breastfeeding help and mother-to-mother support. For babies at any age or stage and pregnant women welcome, just drop in. Contact Francesca 01625 261253

Jolly Jacks Various times during term time, Bollington Civic Hall. Stimulate baby’s senses and development through natural, explorative, sensory play. Classes from £5.50 (also weekend classes on selected dates). For more information, dates and times, contact Aymi on 07958 807573 or visit www.jollyjacks.org.

TuesdayWacky Woods 10am - 12pmStyperson Quarry Wood, Brookledge Lane, Adlington. Come and have fun in the woods with your pre-schooler in a guided session; even young babies can appreciate the joys of nature. £5 per child includes pancakes or crumpets on the campfire. Contact 01625 573086.

Rugbytots Also Thursdays and Saturdays – various times. Fun4All Play Centre, Hurdsfield. An award-winning fun, energetic play programme for boys and girls from 2 years old.

Call Alick on 0345 313 6720 or email alick@rugbytots.co.uk for time and to book.

WednesdayTots of Tytherington 9-11.30amTytherington Family Worship, Sandwich Drive. Please call Sue on 01625 614911 or email sandk22@yahoo.co.uk

Rhyme Time 10-10.30amBollington Library. Free but children must be accompanied by an adult. Telephone 01625 378 266

NCT at Fun4all 10-12 noonFun4all in Macclesfield. Under 1’s free, 1 and 2 year olds £1 and 3+ usual rates. Contact bumpsandbabies@eastcheshire-nct.org.uk, telephone 0844 243 6115, and see our Facebook page ‘Friends of East Cheshire NCT’ for more information and other events.

Allsorts Toddler Group 1.30-3.15pm Term time only. Allsorts Pre-School, Bollington St John’s Primary School. £1.50 per family includes refreshments. Contact the pre-school supervisor Kathryn Cox on 07913628115 or allsorts3@virginmedia.com

ThursdayPraise & Play 10.30-11.30amTerm time only. St Oswald’s Church, Bollington. Contact Hannah on 07730 027505 or hannahbeko@aol.com

Stay & Play 10-12noonBollington Community Centre, Ovenhouse Lane.

Please call 01625 378 081 or email hurdsfieldchildrenscentreadmin@cheshireeast.gov.uk for more information

Stay & Play 1.30-3.30pmHurdsfield Children’s Centre, Hulley Rd, Macc. For ages 0-5 with parents/carers. Please call 01625 378 081 or email hurdsfieldchildrenscentreadmin@cheshireeast.gov.uk for more information

FridayRhyme Time 10-10.30amBollington Library. Free but children must be accompanied by an adult. Tel 01625 378 266.

saTurdayFootloose Dance Academy 9-9.55amCivic Hall, Bollington. Introduction to dance for 3-4 year olds, including Ballet, Tap, and Freestyle dance. Children will use their imagination, practise simple steps and learn co-ordination – whilst having fun!

For more information visit www.footloosedanceacademy.co.uk and to register please contact Sarah on 07951 054 547

Dad’s Group 10-12noonHurdsfield Children’s Centre, Hulley Rd, Macc. Drop-in play session for dads and male carers.

Monthly meeting so please call the centre 01625 378 081 for dates and more information.

Bollington Children’s Activities

If you run a local activity for young children and would like to be included on this page please email jenny@insidemagazines.co.uk

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JUST 4 KIDS

by Joanne Petersjo@bramhallbakery.co.uk

Excessive food waste and the challenge of managing waste in the fresh food industry is a high profile topic at the moment. The award winning owners of Bramhall Bakery have successfully combined their passion for supporting the local community with a desire to minimise food waste.

Working with a network of volunteers, donations of leftover product are made by the business on a daily basis to local food banks, charities and community groups. The donations either support fundraising or go to local families in need.

Chelwood Foodbank in Cheadle Hulme receives donations every week and welcomes the support; “it is fantastic that we are able to pass produce onto those that are disadvantaged and marginalised within our communities.”

Most other food waste is donated to local farmers for animal feed, meaning there is very little that doesn’t go to good use.

If you are interested in volunteering or are involved with a local organisation that you believe could benefit from donations, contact us on jo@bramhallbakery.co.uk

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A guide to selected events in East Cheshire during January & FebruaryTUesdAY 5 JAnUARY

Svalbard; Kingdom of the Ice Bear - a recorded lecture presenting the Svalbard archipelago and featuring images by Pam Lane. One of our regular Tuesday night meetings hosted by North Cheshire Photographic Society. Non-members £3 on the door.

For more information visit www.ncps.org.uk

Poynton Civic Centre 7.30pm for an 8pm start

WednesdAY 6 JAnUARYFLIX in the STIX – Pott Shrigley’s community cinema presents ‘American Sniper’ (15)

Tickets £4 in advance, ‘chance it’ on the door £5. Tickets from Anthea Wilkinson 01625 573 538, Sue Ralston 01625 573 210, or Peter Boulton 01625 876646. See website for future screening and details tiny.cc/pottflix

Pott Shrigley Village Hall screening starts at 7.30pm

FRi 8 – sAT 16 JAnUARYBollington Festival Players present Sleeping Beauty. A family pantomime by Alan P Frayn. To book tickets call 07776 239613 or email bfptickets@hotmail.com

Bollington Arts Centre 7.30pm, matinees 2pm

WednesdAY 13 JAnUARY Life in a Victorian Workhouse. Storyteller Tom Hughes brings to life –life in a Victorian workhouse with this entertaining talk. £4/£3 for members of the Friends

The Old Sunday School, Roe Street, Macclesfield 7.30pm

sATURdAY 16 JAnUARYSt George’s Singers SINGING DAY: A chance to learn and perform Mendelssohn’s Elijah (Part 1) with St George’s Singers. Contact Gillian Banks 01925 213040 or email gillian.m.banks@gmail.com to reserve a place. Visit www.st-george-singers.org.uk for more details.

St George’s Church, Poynton.

sATURdAY 16 JAnUARY Northern Chamber Orchestra with Martin Roscoe, piano. Stormy Landscapes including Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Stravinsky and Mozart. Tickets: £16 / £13; £7 students; 18s & under free (adjacent free parking) From NCO Box Office 0161 247 2220; Macclesfield VIC, Town Hall 01625 378123; Silk Museum Shop Heritage Centre & ON THE DOOR www.ncorch.co.uk

Heritage Centre, Roe Street, Macclesfield 7.30pm

sATURdAY 16 JAnUARY Photographs of Macclesfield by David Heke. Local photographer David Heke brings his portfolio of photographs of Macclesfield to The Old Sunday School for a very special exhibition. Free Entry. Open Monday – Saturday until 2 April. The Old Sunday School, Roe Street, Macclesfield, SK11 6UT 10am-4pm

sATURdAY 16 JAnUARY The Marionette Theatre Co presents their annual variety show “Winter Strings”. All the scenes are brand new and suitable for all ages. A raffle, competition and a chance to try your hand at operating are all part of the event. See our posters after Christmas or ring 872368 for further details. Poynton Civic Hall 2pm

TUesdAY 19 JAnUARY“An Evening with Ross McKelvey” award-winning Norther Ireland photographer. Aregular Tuesday night meeting hosted by North Cheshire Photographic Society. Non-members £3 on the door. For more information visit www.ncps.org.uk

Poynton Civic Centre 7.30pm for an 8pm start

sATURdAY 23 JAnUARYPoynton Ceilidhs – Tumbling Tome, callers Fiona Rigg and Les Ord – traditional dancing to live music, experience not necessary! Bar till 11pm. Tickets £8 on the door, half prices for under 16s (cash only). To reserve or purchase tickets in advance visit www.poyntonceilidh.co.uk Poynton Community Centre, Park Lane doors open 7.45pm for 8pm start

sUndAY 31 JAnUARYSchubert’s Winterreise, with John Powell/baritone, and Russell Lomas/piano. Admission £10 with proceeds in aid of The Alzheimer’s Society. Alderley Edge Methodist Church, 3pm

WednesdAY 3 FeBRUARYFLIX in the STIX – Pott Shrigley’s community cinema presents ‘Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ (PG)

Tickets £4 in advance, ‘chance it’ on the door £5. Tickets from Anthea Wilkinson 01625 573 538, Sue Ralston 01625 573 210, or Peter Boulton 01625 876646. See website for future screening and details tiny.cc/pottflix

Pott Shrigley Village Hall screening starts at 7.30pm

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sATURdAY 6 FeBRUARY Framework Weaving for Children. Your opportunity to work with artist and designer Michelle Stephens and learn all about weaving. Experimentation with various hand weaving techniques, yarns, fabric strips and manipulation of taught structures will be encouraged throughout the session. Everyone will leave the session with their own beautifully woven sample(s) created during the workshop. £6.50 –covers the full session and all materials. The Silk Museum, Park Lane, Macclesfield 12.30-3.30pm

sATURdAY 6 FeBRUARY Northern Chamber Orchestra with Raphael Wallfisch, cello Pure Delight, including Handel, Shostakovich, and Dvořák. Tickets: £16 / £13; £7 students; 18s & under free. (adjacent free parking). From NCO Box Office 0161 247 2220; Macclesfield VIC, Town Hall 01625 378123; Silk Museum Shop Heritage Centre or on the door

Heritage Centre, Roe Street, Macclesfield 7.30pm - 9.40pm

WednesdAY 10 FeBRUARY Rescue, Installation and Maintenance of Historic Machinery.Museum volunteer Ian Richardson shares the insights into life as museum volunteer focusing on the Silk Machinery he cares for. £4/£3 for members of the Friends.

The Old Sunday School, Roe Street, Macclesfield 7.30pm

sATURdAY 13 FeBRUARYWilmslow Symphony Orchestra. Glinka : Ruslan and Ludmila Overture, Delibes : Coppélia Suite No.1, Delibes : Coppélia Prélude and Mazurka, Prokofiev : Romeo and Juliet Suites Nos. 1 and 2

Tickets £12, £10 Concessions, £2 Under 12’s.

Evans Hall, Wilmslow Leisure Centre 7:45pm

sATURdAY 13 FeBRUARY Prestbury Choral Society Annual Singing Day. All are invited to come and sing the ever popular Haydn’s Creation. For more information go to www.prestburychoral.org or call our secretary on 01625 262249 – book earlier to avoid disappointment.

Wilmslow United Reformed Church, Chapel Lane

WednesdAY 17 FeBRUARY Drop-in Crafts: Valentines Heart Mobiles. Drop in crafts for children of all ages – create Valentine inspired mobiles using paper and stitch. £2 per child. Adults must accompany.

The Old Sunday School, Roe Street, Macclesfield, SK11 6UT 1.30pm-3.30pm.

WednesdAY 17 FeBRUARYLunchtime Concert with Philip Underwood/organ. Admission by programme £5, light lunches available from 12 noon. For further information telephone 01625 586713

Alderley Edge Methodist Church, lunch from 12 noon, performance 1pm

THURsdAY 18 FeBRUARY Teen Holiday Art Workshop: Material Paintings. Children aged 11+ will design and make material paintings- using collage techniques. £6.50 –covers the full session and all materials.

The Silk Museum, Park Lane, Macclesfield, SK11 6TJ 12.30-3.30pm

THURs 18 And FRi 19 FeBRUARY Holiday Art Workshops: Nocturnal Creatures. Book a place on a special holiday art workshop-create 3D and 2D nocturnal animals using paper sculpture. £6.50 – covers the full session and all materials.

The Silk Museum, Park Lane, Macclesfield, SK11 6TJ 10am -12noon

MOn 22 – sAT 27 FeBPoynton Players presents ‘Veronica’s Room’, a mystery thriller by Irva Levin. Ticket prices Monday only £7.50, Tues-Sat £8.50.

Tickets can be booked online, full details www.poyntonplayers.co.uk, or by phone 0333 666 3366

TUesdAY 23 FeBRUARYNorth Cheshire Photographic Society. Sports Photography with Mike McNamee. Mike is a well-known and highly respected sports photographer. In this presentation he will range widely over the genre talking about how to make best use of the tools of modern sports photography in the digital age. For more information visit www.ncps.org.uk

Poynton Civic Centre 7.30pm for an 8pm start

sATURdAY 27 FeBRUARYPoynton Ceilidhs – Pendle Hill Mob, caller Peter Bearon– traditional dancing to live music, experience not necessary! Dances are all explained by the callers and walked through before music starts playing. Bar till 11pm.Tickets £8 on the door, half prices for under 16s (cash only). To reserve or purchase tickets in advance visit www.poyntonceilidh.co.uk

Poynton Community Centre, Park Lane, doors open 7.45pm for 8pm start

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Fancy some free cash? Well, those generous bowler hatted ladies and gents at your bank are giving it away. Quite literally, they will to pay you up to £150 to switch bank account. The bank account switching market is red hot, with many banks willing to pay for your custom. Here are a few need-to-knows.

We’ve just celebrated the second birthday of what’s called ‘seven-day switching’, and that’s made the process easier. I did a poll of hundreds of people on my Facebook page who’d tried it and 82% said they found it ‘easy and hassle-free’, while only 4% experienced problems. In practice, when you apply for a new bank account, assuming you’re accepted, three things happen within seven working days: all standing orders and direct debits are moved for you; your old account is closed; and all payments to your old account are auto-forwarded for three years.

Yet still far too few people try it – last year only 2% changed bank accounts – strange as my mailbag is full of people complaining about their banks!

Many of the challenger banks (those who want to break the dominance of the old ones) want you to switch to them so much they’re actually willing to pay you to do it. There’s a full rundown and eligibility criteria at mse.me/bankaccounts but, in brief, here are the current top picks.

FirstDirect.co.uk gives switchers a free £100 (or more via some websites) – cash comes within 28 days of switching and paying in £1,000. It’s also won every customer service poll I’ve ever run, 92% rate it great, it has a linked 6% regular saver, 0% overdraft up to £250.

Halifax.co.uk/Reward gives a free £100 within three working days of switching. It pays £5 each month as long as you’re in credit.

The marksandspencer.com current account gives a free £100 M&S gift card (or more via some websites), within a month of switching. Unlike

other accounts, you don’t have to pay in a set monthly amount linked 6% regular saver, 0% overdraft up to £100.

You’ll be credit scored to get any of these although you should be fine if you have an existing bank account. To get the bonuses, you normally need to use their switching service and have a couple of direct debits or standing orders set up. Plus with First Direct, you must meet a minimum pay-in requirement, equivalent of £13,200 a year – effectively a way of requiring you to earn a set amount.

Accounts that pay high interest on your savings are another form of competition, and if you have higher savings, that is likely to be more lucrative in the long run than grabbing the switchers bonuses.

The big one is the Santander.co.uk 123 account which pays up to 3% cashback on certain household bills and up to 3% AER interest if you have between £3,000 - £20,000 in it. Its £24 a year fee is rising to £60 in January, but if you’ve got over £5,000 savings and earn some cashback, it’s still likely you’re a winner.

If you’ve less, the lloydsbank.com Club Lloyds pays 4% AER interest if you’ve £4,000 to £5,000 in it and both TSB.co.uk and Nationwide.co.uk pay 5%, but only on up to £2,000 with TSB and £2,500 with Nationwide for the first year.

There’s nothing to stop you continually switching. But remember, you’ll be credit scored every time you open a bank account, so try to minimise opening too many accounts in a short space of time, especially if you’re going to be applying for credit, such as mortgage, in the near future.

If you hate banks Nationwide, as mentioned above, is a building society, so it’s owned by its members, and it’s got decent offers. Or see if your local credit union (a local savings and loans co-op) is one of 500 that offer bank accounts via ABCUL at findyourcreditunion.co.uk

by Martin Lewistwitter: @Moneysavingexpert

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AN eminent historian is hoping to inspire new ways of telling the stories of people who lived and worked at Quarry Bank.

Hannah Barker, Professor of British History at the University of Manchester, is working with the National Trust as part of a massive project that will see new threads of the former cotton mill’s story unpicked and interpreted for visitors.

“I am starting by looking at how we present the Apprentice House to visitors and will then be looking at the new buildings that will be opening including the worker’s cottage, shop and the Greg’s House,” said Hannah, whose expertise is the Industrial Revolution.

One idea Hannah is investigating is telling more of the apprentices’ stories – possibly through an exploration of their humble possessions. It is

known the children who worked at Quarry Bank Mill sometimes used their wages to buy clothes and one archive document shows a boy bought a watch. They kept their items in boxes under their beds and Hannah believes showing off the apprentices’ ‘material culture’ will be of interest to the thousands of children who visit Quarry Bank every year.

As well as objects Hannah is exploring the possibility of recreating the sounds of the Apprentice House, which would have had dozens of children living in it at any one time.

Eleanor Underhill, General Manager at Quarry Bank, said: “People are already flocking to Quarry Bank in greater numbers than ever before and the incredible plans we have for the next few years are sure to inspire and educate our visitors even more.”

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/quarry-bank

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Bollington Methodist Church 01625 426051

Bollington United Reformed Church 01625 572817

Bollington Christian Life Church 01625 578100

Prestbury Methodist Church 01625 424361

Quakers 01625 562109

St Oswald’s Church 01625 573162

St Gregory’s RC Church 01625 572108

St Peters Church Prestbury 01625 827625

Tytherington Family Worship 01625 615195

PHARMACies

I Rowlands & Co 01625 574401

The Village Pharmacy, Prestbury 01625 829216

denTisTs

Bollington Dental Practice 01625 574609

Prestbury Road Dental Practice 01625 432300

dOCTORs

Bollington Medical Centre 08443 878481

Hope Cottage Surgery, Prestbury 01625 827319

HOsPiTALs

Macclesfield Hospital 01625 421000

Prestbury Medical Centre 01625 827319

NHS Non-Emergency 111

LeisURe CenTRe

Bollington Leisure Centre 01625 574774

Macclesfield Leisure Centre 01625 615602

LiBRARies

Bollington Library 01625 378266

Prestbury Library 01625 827501

Macclesfield Library 01625 374000

POLiCe

Non Emergency 101

POsT OFFiCes

West Bollington Post Office 01625 572378

Tytherington Post Office 01625 869042 sCHOOLs

St John’s Primary School 01625 572025

Bollington Cross Primary 01625 572138

Rainow Primary School 01625 572021

St Gregorys’ Catholic Primary 01625 572037

Dean Valley Community Primary 01625 572767

Beech Hall School 01625 422192

Little Griffins Nursery 01625 422192

Mottram St Andrew Primary 01625 829035

Prestbury C of E Primary 01625 383033

Bollinbrook Cof E Primary 01625 384071

The Marlborough Primary School 01625 383050

Tytherington High School 01625 610220

All Hallows Catholic High School 01625 426138

Fallibroome High School 01625 827898

TRAveL

Bus Information 01625 534850

Cheshire Traveline 0870 608 2608

Train Information 0845 748 4950

Manchester Airport 0161 489 3000

UTiLiTies

Electricity – Power Loss 0800 195 4141

Gas – Emergency 0800 111 999

Water Mains 0845 746 2200

Environment Agency Floodline 0845 988 1188

HeLPLines

Alcoholics Anonymous 0845 7697555

Al-Anon 020 7403 0888

Childline 0800 1111

Citizens Advice Bureau 0844 826 9800

Citizens Advice Bureau (Macclesfield) 01625 432 847

Crimestoppers 0800 555111

Directory Enquiries 118 500

National Dementia Helpline 0845 300 0336

RSPCA 0300 1234999

Samaritans 0845 7909090

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Bollington Town Hall 01625 572985

Bridgend Centre 01625 576311

Bollington Arts Centre 01625 573863

CCC Highways 0845 111 0315

Bollington Veterinary Centre 01625 572999

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NAB Construction 13

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CARPeTs Carpet Creations 6

CARPeT & UPHOLsTeRY CLeAninG Safeclean 14

Zap-Clean 30

CLeAninG Wild About Cleaning 25

COMPUTeR & inTeRneTFreedom Computer Services 17

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HeALTH & FiTnessBEN-e-FIT 23

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KiTCHensMatt Finish 34

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PUBs & ResTAURAnTsThe Hanging Gate 35

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