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This Shirley poppy grew on Rev. Wilks grave in St. Johns
graveyard , Shirley
Marzia Nicodemi-EhikioyaEditor, linguist, outspoken
campaigner
on local and national issues. Loves opera,
books and libraries.
Russell ElliottPassionate believer and advocate of
alternative - Just cos something has
always been done a particular way
doesnt make it the best!
Andrew PellingFormer Shirley resident, Councillor,
London Assembly Member & MP.Investment Banker &
commentator
for insidecroydon.com
Robert DilGraphic Design Consultant and
Co-owner of TD Studio in Addiscombe.
Loves playing music & diving.
Giovannan Ricciardelli
Travel Consultant specialised in Events.
Loves entertaining, swimming, cooking
Italian food. Seriously interested in
architecture and interior design.
Andrew DunsmoreTop London photographer, runs
Picture Partnership in his Shirley
Studio or on location. He helps
you take better pictures.
Nathalie Baron
Ayurvedic therapist, loves natural remedies,
nature, books & writing
Stuart CollinsShirley resident, former Mayor of
Croydon and Councillor. Loves
music and cats.
Nadia NazirIT Consultant and Interior
Decorator, loves to sew, knit
and bake.
Helen Campbell-MacDonaldPractitioner of alternative medicine
and regular contributor to
Alternatives page.
Jill LatterMiniaturist, Shirley resident for
more than 50 years, makes
beautiful cakes.
Tom DunsmoreFamily man. Retired engineer. Has
worked abroad. Speaks Spanish.
Enjoys travel.
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being part of our
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on
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Charles Parkof Planning Partnership Ltd, Shirley.
The man to look for if you want
something special for your home.
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ContentsShirley Life 5
Causes: Croydon Community against Trafficking 9
An Invitation to The Petersham 11
A blog with a difference 15Ayurveda: Achieve total wellbeing
18
Giovannas Column 20
Before and after 22
Snippets about rubbish in Croydon 24
Council Sketchby Andrew Pelling 26
They walk amongst us and they vote!!! 30
Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign Updateby Adrian
Winchester32Share a Book: The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
36
About libraries in another worldby Editor 40
Shirley Community Centre 44
About Andrew Dunsmore of Picture Partnership, Shirley 49
Shirley Library: November Activities 52
Speak up for Libraries Conference 55
Biscuits and Marguerite Patten 56
Front Cover: Viola in Marina di Massa
Editorial TeamNathalie Baron, Tom Dunsmore, Jill Latter, Marzia
Nicodemi-Ehikioya
(Editor), Andrew Pelling, Russell Elliott (Advertising
Consultant), Robert Dil
(Graphic Design Consultant) and Nadia Nazir (Website
Administrator).
ContactsT: 07940 415532 E: [email protected] W:
www.shirleylife.com
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Changes are brewing in
Shirley Life. Fear of the
unknown, of failure, of
leaving ones comfort zone
and, above all, of upsetting
others may act as a deterrentfor some but perilous seas and
uncertainty can not stop those
with a social conscience.
H
ow can we achieve this change? It will be a tall order and we
need
all the help we can get. First of all, we need to tackle the
creeping
erosion of public services and the apathy of many residents
who
think that they must suffer in silence.
Apolitically incorrect editor who calls a spade a spade may not
be
everybodys cup of tea. Intolerance is rife: those on the
right
accuse me of being a ranting leftie. Those on the left think
that I
am not going far enough because I dare express dissent in, for
example,
religious matters. Do I care?
No. I am a Child of light (within George Santayanas, not
VampiresRealm). This Catholic Atheist has always fascinated me
because
I believe that I fully understand (and share) his philosophy of
life. I
will not be defeated and will fight on for a better quality of
life.
Gratitude is owed to all those who supported Shirley Life in
its
infancy. I could not have started this immensely gratifyng task
on
my own. Many members of the Editorial Team will stay on
board
and we will welcome many others.
End of a period and a new beginning in 2013. The format will
not
change and neither will much of the content. We will still
promote
any services that may be of interest to Shirley residents but we
will
start scrutinizing many a local issue such as, for example, the
Bridle
Road/Wickham Road/Monks Orchard crossroad from hell.
Shirley needs oxygen and many Shirley residents, sorely
disappointed by what is happening or not happening aroundthem,
will benefit. We are not getting value for money from
Croydon Council. We should.
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It ought to be remembered that
there is nothing more difficult to
take in hand, more perilous to
conduct, or more uncertain in its
success than to take the lead inthe introduction of a new order
of
things. Nicolo Machiavelli
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Editor
October in Tuscany
There is a little Tuscan flavour in this
issue of Shirley Life. Viola, my
brothers dog, appears on the
cover and there is an article on the
Biblioteca Civica on page 38. Goinghome was indeed stepping
into
another world in more ways than one.
People were bathing in the sea and it was
a nice and hot week. Coming back to central
heating and rain was hard.
Welcome on board, Nathalie
I am very pleased to announce that Nathalie Baron, anAyurvedic
therapist, has joined our Editorial Team. She will
introduce us to the warm and enveloping atmosphere of
her Garden of Pomegranates, where warm breezes of
fragrant oils reminiscent of the exotic flowers of the East
stimulate the senses and induce deep relaxation and contentment.
Just
what we need to face the hardship of the long winter ahead.
Poppy Afternoon TeaWe went to The Petersham Hotel in Richmond
(see
page 11) and discovered that they have created a
quintessentially English Afternoon Tea with a twist to
mark the 90th anniversary of The Poppy Factory this
year. The charming, floral inspired tea has been
carefully crafted by the hotels Head Pastry Chef,
Alison Dabbs and for each Poppy Afternoon Tea sold2 will go to
the charity.
You could combine your outing with a Poppy Factory
tour and enjoy a fascinating presentation and
introductory film about the Factory and its history and then
visit the shop
floor. A selection of souvenirs including The Poppy Factory
china is
available to purchase from the shop at the end of the tour.
Guided tours
can be arranged from Monday to Thursday, starting at 10.30am
or1.30pm. The Poppy Factory is fully accessible to wheelchair users
and
people with mobility problems.
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An invitation to
A friend got married and we were invited to her wedding
reception at
the Petersham Hotel on Richmond Hill that looks out on the bend
in theRiver Thames, one of the most famous views in England.
I have no hesitation in recommending the restaurant: the
ambience is
relaxed and the service discreet but friendly. Each table allows
for a
generous dining area and you can sit back, relax and take in the
beautiful
surroundings without encroaching on other guests. I also
discovered
that they offer a special treat: Poppy Afternoon Tea until 28
November.
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A blog with a difference
There are many blogs around. Awful, bad, mediocre, good and
excellent.
I approached GeniusWords with apprehension because I knew it
was
written by a friends offspring. I was never known as a diplomat.
The title
was of concern too. I used to be a teacher and feared the
worst.
I started with the archives because I wanted to become aware of
thebloggers journey. The first post read Welcome to my blog. This
is a
place for me to create a bank of what I call genius words and
phrases.
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Every so often, I may post a review of a particularly genius
book I have
read. Enjoy!
I then went through every single post because my curiosity took
over.
Short, sharp, factual and witty. No affectation or burning
desire to shock.
I relaxed and enjoyed my reading.
The Categories are interesting: books, films, limericks,
phrases, radio,
TV, words, Innominate, Overused phrases and Please note, plus
a
Countdown clock for Harry Potter Day. They represent a healthy
balance
for a teenager.
However, it was the Over Analytical Lessons - a rant post that
gripped
me because it totally reflected my view on literature. J B
Priestley is a
prose realist with a piercing eye of social reportage. Some
critics initiallydismissed him for the simplicity of his style and
did not understand that
such simplicity was deceptive. He is an astute social
commentator and
An Inspector Calls is a favourite of mine because it speaks to
the heart.
I have always seen the play as a parable.
There is no need to analyze every single detail: the list of
theorists AA
refers to should be kept out of English: ... and how Priestleys
views
may or may not be linked with the views of some theorist I have
neverheard of before, but am required to spend an extra ten minutes
of my
very tight time limit writing a paragraph about. If anyone
bothered to read
that list, I am very surprised, but thank you.
I remember once just mentioning to my students
that, after JBPs death, Michael Foot remembered
him as The conscience of the nation and left them
to mull over it. I proposed they read more booksby the same
author such as Angel Pavement or
The Good Companions or even Charles
Dickens, a pictorial biography. After all, JBP had a
the gift of bringing things to life.
I learned about the seven deadly sins (pride, envy, gluttony,
lust, anger,
greed and sloth) in catechism classes. Even then, I though that
greed
and sloth were the source of all our evils.
You will always be welcome to contribute to Shirley Life, Amber
Ash.
Editor
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Ayurveda: Achieve total wellbeingRejuvenation Therapy for the
Face & Body
Ayurveda is a holistic science from India that layers
massages, natural medicine, nutritional advice and
yoga techniques to preserve wellbeing, delay thesigns of ageing
and treat illness the natural way. It
is a system based on the principle that your body
is an individual combination of 5 elements (space, air, fire,
water and
earth) that weave together to create your unique constitution.
When
your constitution is in balance, health is maintained. However,
when
imbalances occur, discomforts, diseases and premature ageing
follow.
I decided to start this health programme to get ready for the
winterseason. I do not believe in vaccinations of sort: when ones
system is
balanced, one can fight diseases. Below is my initial
report.
My Ayurvedic consultation
I am a vegetarian and have a difficult relationship with the
medical
profession who seems to be more interested in prescribing drugs
than
understanding the complex needs of the patient. I have
always
believed that lifestyle determines our health. Therefore, I
feltcomfortable with the ancient art of pulse reading and I was
not
surprised when I was told that my body type is mainly Pitta
Dosha (fire
and water). I will have to cut down on yogurt and coffee that
are not
favourable food items but the rest of my diet is fine.
The health programme included a complimentary detox pack,
nutritional and lifestyle advice. The pack contains a jar of
de-tox herbal
tea and Triphala tablets that promote proper digestion and
assimilationof nutrients, stimulate bile secretion and
detoxification of the liver and
that purify the blood. Triphala is unique in its combined
eliminative and
tonic properties and is highly nutritive, being rich in Vitamin
C and
antioxidants. Suitable for long-term usage, Triphala is the
primary
formula for internal cleansing and rejuvenation of all bodily
systems.
I also received a big jar of Chyawanprash, a pure natural
food
supplement rich in vitamin C, antioxidants and nutrients. It is
made toa recipe that uses 47 fruits and herbs. It is a sweet, tangy
jam that one
can eat straight from the spoon, spread it on toast, add it to
ones
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favourite herbal tea or mix it with warm milk. The taste is
unique and I
might become addicted to it. After almost a week of natural
treatment,
I feel quite energetic and lighter in mind and body.
Ayurveda is not about doing things that are uncomfortable for
you or
a strain on your time. The dietary advice is simple and
adaptable to
ones lifestyle. During de-tox one should follow basic
principles:
Eat when hungry;
Eat fresh food and avoid processed meals;
Favour warm cooked food, especially in the morning;
Eat your main meal at lunchtime, if possible, when digestion is
at its
strongest;
Favour fish over meat. If eating meat, eat chicken or
turkey.
Avoid large amounts of cheese, particularly hard cheeses.
Eat,
instead, soft cheese.
Make one meal of the day a mung bean soup, very detoxifying.
Take ginger and lemon tea before each meal (either fresh ginger
and
lemon or tea-bags). Do not drink ginger and lemon tea after 5pm
as
it is too stimulating.
Sip hot or warm water with meals and throughout the day.
Do not drink alcohol and avoid ice-cold drinks.
Exercise daily: walking, yoga etc.
Mukha Abhyanga: Ayurvedic Face Lift
The treatment started with an infusion of rose water to cleanse
and
rehydrate the skin. The face was then massaged with a unique
combination of Ayurvedic ingredients to restore suppleness,
nourishthe skin and release tension and worry lines.
Marma points our physical and energetic centres were
stimulated,
intensifying the rejuvenating process and improving collagen
and
protein production. To complete the treatment a soothing and
replenishing serum, specifically formulated for my skin care
needs, was
applied. The experience was blissfully invigorating and all the
cares of
this world were forgotten in the magic room of the Garden
ofPomegranates. The colours and smells take you far away.
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Giovannas ColumnThere isnt a better time of the year to
enjoy cooking and baking with this
seasonal winter treat!Chestnuts are often thought of during
Christmas time as a treat. They are not
usually a common ingredient the rest of
the year. However, there are ways to
enjoy chestnuts at any time provided
they are chosen, stored and prepared
correctly. Although referred to as a nut because of the hard
shell,they have more of a soft, grainy texture inside as opposed
to
being hard and crunchy like nuts.
Chestnut tagliatelle
This is a pasta that has its roots in necessity. After the
Second World
War there was a big shortage of flour, so chestnut flour was
used to
bulk up whatever wheat flour there was available. Because it has
no
gluten, you couldnt use chestnut flour alone so it needs mixing
withordinary flour. The sweetness of the chestnuts really comes
through,
which is why Locanda Locatelli uses wild mushrooms in this dish.
They
often grow underneath the chestnut trees in the woods, so
the
flavours seem to have a natural affinity.
Locatellis silky pasta uses lots of egg yolks, but if you
prefer, youll still
get a good result using whole eggs.
Ingredients 7oz/200g plain flour (preferably Italian 00
flour)
2oz/55g chestnut flour
Half tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil
Pinch of salt
7 egg yolks (or 2 whole large eggs)
Method
If you are using a food processor, sieve theflours into the
bowl, add the olive oil and the
salt, then start the machine and slowly add
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the egg yolks. Keep the motor running slowly, or it will heat up
the
pasta too much, and also 'beat' rather than mix. If you are
making the
pasta by hand, sieve the two flours together in a bowl, then
turn out
into a mound on a clean surface, and make a well in the middle.
Pour
in the oil, add the salt and the egg yolks, and slowly start to
bring in
the flour with the edge of your hand, so that the flour
becomes
absorbed.
When the mixture starts to come together in a dough, if you are
using
a food processor switch off the machine, take out the dough, put
it on
a clean work surface.
If you are making the dough by hand, it will be there anyway.
Work
the dough with your hands, kneading for about 5 minutes. The
dough
will be much softer than normal egg pasta dough, and darker in
colour,thanks to the chestnut flour.
If it feels too soft, though, add a little more flour as you are
kneading.
Divide the dough into two balls, wrap in clingfilm and keep in
the fridge
until you are ready to use (it will keep for 2-3 days).
Roll the pasta out with a pasta machine (or by hand) until
cartridge
paper thin. Then, if the strip of pasta is dry or frilly at the
edges, trim
with a sharp knife. Cut the pasta strip into lengths, roughly
20cm long.Adjust your pasta machine to the tagliatelle setting and
put the strips
through one at a time, or cut with a sharp knife and a steady
hand.
Chocolate chestnut mousse
Chestnuts combined with cocoa and amaretto
liqueur make a perfect ending for a festive
dinner.
Ingredients 2 pounds of chestnuts, peeled
2 tbs of sugar, or to taste
4 tbs of cocoa
4 tbs of amaretto
16 ounces heavy whipping cream
Method
Cover chestnuts in water and simmer until tender. Drain, add
sugar,cocoa and Amaretto. Process in a food processor until smooth
and
well combined.
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Beat heavy cream until stiff. Fold into chestnut puree. Divide
among
dessert glasses and chill until set.
Serve with a dollop of whipped cream and chocolate shavings.
Serves 10.
NOTE: The mousse can also be used as a filling between multiple
very
thin layers of pound cake and then drizzled with sweetened
raspberry
puree.
Chestnut bread (for a bread machine)
GLUTEN FREE
Ingredients
3 large eggs
1 tsp white cider vinegar
14 cup canola oil
1 12 cup of water
1 cup of chestnut flour
1 cup of white rice flour
12 cup of potato starch
12 cup of tapioca flour
13 cup of corn starch
2 tbsp xanthan gum 3 tbsp sugar
1 12 tsp salt
23 cup of dry buttermilk (or dried milk)
2 12 tsp yeast
Method
Pre-heat the oven to 375F
Mix the first 4 ingredients and place in the bread machine.Mix
the remaining ingredients except the yeast and put on top of
the
liquid ingredients.
Create a well in the top of the dry ingredients and add the
yeast.
Program the bread machine for dough.
When the cycle completes, place the contents
in a 5x9" lightly oiled bread pan.
Bake for 45-50 minutes.Turn out the bread immediately and let
cool.
This is a wonderful bread for sandwiches or toast.
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After
Before
I bought this splendid tea-set from the St. Christophers Hospice
shop in
Beckenham. It needed tlc because it was a present. I was
prepared totravel far but found Fox Plating - Metal Finishing and
Polishing Servicesin Unit 3, Maybrey Building, Worsley Bridge Road,
Sydenham, SE26
5AZ, tel. 020 8663 6444, some 10 minutes away. The ladies in the
office arefriendly and welcoming. The owner is a bit shy but has a
good sense of
humour. I warmly recommend them all. Superb job.
Marzia
Marzia
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Snippets about rubbish in Croydon
There is now a special shelf in Tescos at Elmers End (and
probably in
all supermarkets) full of products that deal with the
side-effects offortnightly collection of refuse and the vermins
caused by the food
buckets.
More money wasted for each household.
More chemicals introduced into the environment.
More plastic to dispose of.Farce of Council questions in
Croydon
On 30 September, I submitted a question regarding the food
waste
bags that leak and cost far
more when you buy them in
the libraries. The sign had
become a question mark. A
typographical mistake, nodoubt. However, when I
received an answer from
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Councillor Phil Thomas, I noted even more mistakes. I thought it
was
rather sloppy. Moreover, my question about profit/loss was
totally
ignored, so I tried to
understand what
was going on.
I was not happy
with the dismissive
and generic last
paragraph of the
answer. A resident
who pays for
services has a right
to a full answer
without resorting to
submitting (and
waiting ages for
another answer) a
Freedom of
Information Notice
I multiplied 5,021
rolls of food bin compostable liners by 2.75.
The Council should have received 13,807.75 from the sales.
I then decided to find out how much
the bags would cost to the public.
I did not have any luck because the site
of Imperial Polythene was down for
maintenance but I will try again.
http://www.imperialpolythene.com/index.html
A cunning fox with superpowers?
My friends husband was furious on Tuesday morning when, on
his
way to work at dawn, he found that the fox had managed, once
more,to open the food bucket and make a mess all over the
pavement. Has anybody in Shirley got the same problem?
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Council Sketch by Andrew PellingCroydon's Council meetings
reveal a
town unhappy with itself.
The Mayor and two Conservative
Councillors attacked the town's press,
Councillors were rude to members of the
public asking questions, the white Mayor
threatened to expel the mainly black
audience from the meeting, the mainly
white council voted to close a black
school, a Councillor was overtly racistand the Mayor reached new
depths in
childish partisanship, rudeness and silly
games in apparently purposefully calling
councillors by the wrong names.
You have to ask why are we paying 6.6 million each council term
to
pay for this overcrowded chamber of 70 councillors, most of
whom
these days have no input in running the town except attending
six of
these shouting matches a year.
The only dignity came in the opening minutes of the meeting when
a
posthumous award of the freemanship of the borough was given
to
Malcolm Wicks, Croydon North's MP.
Then the Mayor sent the council meeting into its downward cycle
by
falsely accusing the local newspapers of having no coverage of
theArnhem link visit. Why wasn't he given publicity - it was an
insult to
the war dead - was his line. The newspapers had preferred to
cover
police officers cycling for charity from Croydon to Arnhem and
these
days local newspapers are so pressed financially they can't get
to
afford to send a photographer to Holland. Other Councillors
attacked
the press on other issues with Cllr. Dudley Mead falsely
claiming that
he had not been allowed to appear on Newsnight when
thatprogramme was reporting on failures in his job as housing
chief. He
would have given them what for if he had ben allowed on the
show. A
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Newsnight source subsequently said that Mead was oddly
missing
when they sought his comments. Instead the council's chief
officer
had to take the flak. You have to ask why we pay these
Councillors so
much money if in the end they can't stomach defending their
own
policies and be accountable. Anyway the council meeting was
turning
into one long session of loathing.
Racial tensions came to the fore as black parents and
students
protested in the public gallery as their mainly white
councillors voted to
close their school which tackles disaffected black youth with
Saturday
and evening classes. The money saved - 78,000 - less than the
cost
of a few panes of glass in the new 145m town hall.
Conservative
councillors said that the needs of white children were now
greater than
black children. The Mayor said that if he heard any more noise
from the
blacks the public gallery would be cleared. It was all like the
old south.
Conservative Councillors then spent time attacking travellers.
Cllr.
Speakman said that they should be deported out of the country.
It was
unclear where to.
Croydon was showing its ugly side tonight.
Don't bother to come and ask questions of your elected
representatives unless you have a taste for being insulted in
public.
The normal response is for the Councillor to preface their
answer witha reflection on what they see as the malevolent
motivation for the
question being posed. There is no courtesy here. Councillors,
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wages we pay, behave like louche, bullying oafs.
There's little respect between both sides and now that we have
a
mayor in Eddie Arram who was always going to ignore the role of
the
Mayor in chairing meetings impartially the council meetings
are
deteriorating into a nasty bear pit. Former Mayor Cllr. Jane
Avisshouted when are you are going to learn to be a decent
Mayor?
Councillors don't help themselves by conducting debates in a
tone,
manner and volume that Spinal Tap would have regarded as 11.
A possible consensual debate put forward by the
Conservativecouncillors condemning government proposals to allow
what
Councillor Osland described as house extensions the size of a
bus
without planning permission was marred by a pointless
amendment
from Labour about government economic policy.
Despite the poor performance of the council Labour at times
seemed
to be on the back foot in the council chamber with Cllr.
Thomas
referring to poor attendance of Labour Councillors at
meetingsincluding Cllr. Collins who had to go to a football match,
probably
Chelsea where no doubt he would have found a rather more
civilized
atmosphere. But Thomas and Council Leader, Shirley Councillor
and
Selsdon resident Cllr. Fisher pressed home their points by
referring to
the Labour Leader Cllr. Newman's worse record than the
current
council in the number of homeless in bed & breakfast
accommodation
and his role in increasing council tax by 27 % in one year. It's
fair to saythat if the Conservatives think that rate too high they
never actually cut
the tax back by 27 %.
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The Conservatives are continuing to enjoy their joint
investigation with
other councils into the missing 21 million in Croydon NHS. They
hope
to catch out Cllrs. Newman and Letts, both Labour Councillors
who
were intimately involved in running Croydon NHS.
Cllr. Cummings, who represents a western part of Shirley in
Heathfield
ward and who is chairing the investigation, decried the
unwillingness
of the former Chief Executive of Croydon NHS to come in front of
his
committee. You'd think that public officials would be content to
be held
accountable for their performance in front of elected
representatives
but this is the nature of early 21st century politics. It's all
very
unpleasant, nasty and unaccountable.
We even had Croydon Council's 248,000 a year Chief
Executiveadvising councillors it would be ok to spend our public
money on a
council run petition by the Conservative Council against their
own
Conservative Chancellor's admittedly dotty policy on huge
house
extensions without planning permission. Our council tax money
flows
with ease it seems in Katharine Street.
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They walk amongst us and they vote!!!
A selected listing of some of the guests complaints during
the
season, allegedly from Thomas Cook Holidays.
1 I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local
store
does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger
nuts.
2 It's lazy of the local shopkeepers to close in the afternoons.
I often
needed to buy things during siesta time - this should be
banned.
3 On my holiday to Goa in India , I was disgusted to find that
almost
every restaurant served curry. I don't like spicy food at
all."
4 We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us we
had
to bring our swimming costumes and towels.
5 A tourist at a top African game lodge over looking a water
hole, who
spotted a visibly aroused elephant, complained that the sight of
this
rampant beast ruined his honeymoon by making him
feelinadequate.
6 A woman threatened to call police after claiming that she'd
been
locked in by staff. When in fact, she had mistaken the do
not
disturb sign on the back of the door as a warning to remain in
the
room.
7 The beach was too sandy.
8 We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure.
Your
brochure shows the sand as yellow but it was white.
9 A guest at a Novotel in Australia complained his soup was too
thick
and strong. He was inadvertently slurping the gravy at the
time.
10 Topless sunbathing on the beach should be banned. The
holiday
was ruined as my husband spent all day looking at other
women.
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11 We bought' Ray-Ban' sunglasses for five Euros (3.50) from a
street
trader, only to find out they were fake.
12 No-one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children
were
startled.
13 There was no egg slicer in the apartment.
14 We went on holiday to Spain and had a problem with the taxi
drivers
as they were all Spanish.
15 The roads were uneven.
16 It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England. It
only
took the Americans three hours to get home.
17 I compared the size of our one-bedroom apartment to our
friends'three-bedroom apartment and ours was significantly
smaller.
18 The brochure stated: No hairdressers at the
accommodation.
We're trainee hairdressers - will we be OK staying here?"
19 There are too many Spanish people. The receptionist
speaks
Spanish. The food is Spanish. Too many foreigners.
20 We had to queue outside with no air conditioning.
21 It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or
unruly
guests before we travel.
22 I was bitten by a mosquito - no-one said they could bite.
23 My fianc and I booked a twin-bedded room but we were placed
in
a double-bedded room. We now hold you responsible for the
factthat I find myself pregnant. This would not have happened if
you
had put us in the room that we booked.
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NOVEMBER FILM SEASON AT THE SPREAD EAGLE
Monday 5 November at 2.30 and 8.00pm
THE IDES OF MARCH (15) 2011 USA 101 mins
Director: George Clooney Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul
Giamatti, Marisa Tomei,
George Clooney
The Campaign marks tomorrow's US presidential election with this
star-studded drama set
in the midst of the primary season. As three candidates vie to
become the Democratic
nominee, an idealistic campaign manager (Gosling) has to
reconcile his loyalty, principles
and career ambitions, as battle lines are crossed.
Monday 12 November at 2.30 and 8.00pm
ATMEN (BREATHING) (15) 2011 Austria 94 mins
Director: Karl Markovics Stars: Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka
and Georg Friedrich
A young man is released from juvenile detention, taking a work
placement at a morgue.
His experiences lead him to try to explore his past, build a new
life and make contact with
his birth mother. 'Atmen' is the debut feature by director
Markovics, star of David Lean
Cinema success 'The Counterfeiters', and admirers of that film's
humanity and bleak
humour will find much to appreciate here.
Monday 19 November at 2.30 and 8.00pm
MOONRISE KINGDOM (12A) 2012 USA 94 mins
Director: Wes Anderson Stars: Bruce Willis, Tilda Swinton, Bill
Murray, Edward NortonBeautifully directed by Wes Anderson, this
gentle comedy-drama is set in New England in
the 1960s, as two 12 year olds fall in love and run away into
the wilderness. The town
search for them and is turned upside down as relationships
become strained and truths told
which might not be such a bad thing.
Monday 26 November at 2.30 and 8.00pm
A ROYAL AFFAIR (15) 2012 Denmark/Sweden/Czech Republic 137
mins
Director: Nikolaj Arcel Stars: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen
and Mikkel Boe FlsgaardBased on historical fact, this visually
stunning Berlin Film Festival hit traces the combination
of romantic and political intrigue which led to revolutionary
changes in 18th century
Denmark. A German doctor (Mikkelsen) is brought to the Danish
court to treat the insane
King Christian VII, but falls in love with his queen (Vikander).
Together, they liberalise the
nation, to the fury of the old guard...
The Spread Eagle is in Katherine Street, next to Croydon
Clocktower. Screenings are
free, just order your drinks/food before going upstairs. Seats
are first-come, first-served.Tel: David Lean Campaign: 020 8656
0168 - The Spreadeagle: 020 8781 1134
Email (David Lean Campaign): [email protected]
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Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign Update
Dear Friend,We now look forward to our fifth film season at the
Spread Eagle, starting
with our Halloween Horror Show which is now a week away. It
appears
that Croydon TV may be doing an item on the Campaign, featuring
theHalloween event, so if you are coming to this, don't be
surprised if you
see a film crew.
8.00pm, Wednesday 31 October at the Spread Eagle
HALLOWEEN HORROR SHOW featuring
THE DEVIL COMMANDS(1941 USA 65 mins)
This will be a unique occasion, featuring the first ever use of
16mm
projection at the Spread Eagle. The Devil Commands has never
quitegained the acclaim it deserves, probably because of its short
running
time, but director Edward Dmytryk creates an abundance of
atmosphere
as a gripping tale blending science with the supernatural
unfolds. The
screening will also serve as a tribute to Boris Karloff, close
to the 125th
anniversary of his birth.
The show will be in two parts, with an interval. The first half
will include a
classic 1930s cartoon and an episode of the almost unknown
1986British TV series Worlds Beyond, which featured supernatural
stories
based on cases from the archives of the Society for Psychical
Research.
There will also be a selection of horror trailers and
advertisements.
Admission is free but donations towards our expenses would
particularly
be appreciated on this occasion, as it's an evening needing
considerably
more preparation than our digital screenings.
Ghost Walk
Please note that the exclusive Ghost Walk before the show is
fully
booked but it's possible that we might have enough interest to
be able
to arrange a second one for those who cannot be accommodated
on
Halloween. If you would be interested in participating in this,
please let
me know as soon as possible. This would probably be on a Monday
in
November, allowing the opportunity to attend one of our
screenings
afterwards.
All booked on the Ghost Walk will receive confirmation of the
details a fewdays in advance, and all will have a reserved seat for
the film show. We
can also reserve a limited number of seats for members only
attending
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please follow the Campaign on Twitter: @SaveDavidLean
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the film show, so if you would like to request any of these
seats and can
arrive by 7.45pm, please let me know by the weekend. Some seats
will
definitely be available on the night, on a first-come
first-served basis. It's
possible that we could have a 'full house' but it's impossible
to be sure,
particularly as there are other Halloween screenings taking
place in
Croydon.
November Campaign film season at the Spread Eagle
As previously stated, our November screenings will be on
Mondays, due
to the need to avoid clashing with various football matches. We
have a
diverse selection of recent European and American films selected
by
Philip Howard, commencing with George Clooney's political drama
'The
Ides of March' on 5 November - fittingly the day before the
US
Presidential election. Full details of the season are on the
flyer attached,which can also be obtained from our usual sources:
the Croydon Visitor
Centre, Matthews Yard Caf, the Spread Eagle and (on request) at
the
Whitgift Centre information desk.
Dreamchild at Shirley Community Centre on 6 October
Many thanks to all who supported this and helped to establish a
new
Campaign record attendance of 99. These evenings involve an
enormous
amount of work and we must thank our helpers from beyond
thecommittee who made a major contribution: Bernard Winchester,
Cathy
Burns and our outstanding cake-bakers Jill Latter and Helen
Davies.
There's an album of photos taken on the night that can be seen
on our
Facebook page.
We must acknowledge that the sound during 'Dreamchild' wasn't
as
clear as we would have liked. The sound on the print is a bit
below
average and although that wouldn't problematic in some settings,
the
acoustics of the hall made it seem worse. However, considering
the rarityof the film, screening it was arguably still the right
decision, as the
feedback was very good, with supporters describing it as
brilliant,
wonderful, etc. Although the evening finished significantly
earlier than
the one in June, we have received requests for an earlier
finish, so our
next presentation in Shirley will probably start at 7.00pm and
have a
shorter interval. We hope to see you at a screening soon.
Best wishes, Adrian Winchester, Campaign Chairman
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SHARE A BOOKBy letting the Lackses be
people, and by putting them
in the center of the history,
Skloot turns just another
tale about the march of
progress into a complicated
portrait of the interaction
between science and
human lives.
I read the comment some-
where and wrote it down. It is
a shame that I did not note
the author. It sums up the
States in the 40s and 50s
when Afro-Americans were
not considered real people
in a Jim Crow era thatbrought severe segregation
laws affecting every area of
life. I bought the book and
read it in one night.
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa.
She
was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cellstaken without her
knowledge in 1951became one of the most important tools
inmedicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene
mapping,
in vitro fertilization, and more. Henriettas cells have been
bought and
sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her
family
cant afford health insurance.
It is an extraordinary journey, from the colored ward of Johns
Hopkins
Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers
filled with
HeLa cells, from Henriettas small, dying hometown of Clover,
Virginia,to East Baltimore today, where her children and
grandchildren live and
struggle with the legacy of her cells.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells a riveting story of
the collision
between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and
faith
healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the
mother
she never knew. Its a story inextricably connected to the dark
history of
experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics,
and the
legal battles over whether we control the stuff were made
of.
In The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
introduces us
to the real live woman, the children who survived her, and the
interplay
of race, poverty, science and one of the most important
medical
discoveries of the last 100 years. Skloot narrates the science
lucidly,
tracks the racial politics of medicine thoughtfully and tells
the Lacks
familys often painful history with grace. She also confronts
the
spookiness of the cells themselves, intrepidly crossing into the
spiritualplane on which the family has come to understand their
mothers
continued presence in the world. Science writing is often just
about the
facts. Skloots book, her first, goes far deeper and is
braver.
Skloot didnt know what she was getting into when she began
researching the book as a graduate student in 1999. The first
time she
called Lackss widower, then living in Baltimore, the person
who
answered the phone simply heard her voice and yelled, Get Pop,
ladyson the phone about his wife cells.
Over the years it took Skloot to gain the familys trust, she
came to
understand that the only time white people ever called the house
was
when they wanted something to do with the HeLa cells. Some of
the
family feel theyve been ripped off, cheated by either Johns
Hopkins
(though the hospital never sold the cells) or the entire
medical
establishment, which has made enormous profits from the
cells.Skloot traces the familys emotional ordeal, the changing
ethics and law
around tissue collections, and the inadvertently careless
journalists and
researchers who violated the familys privacy by publishing
everything
from Henriettas medical records to the familys genetic
information. She
links together the perspective of the scientists and the family
evenly and
fairly, arriving at a paradox described by Henriettas daughter,
Deborah:
Truth be told, I cant get mad at science, because it help people
live,and Id be a mess without it. Im a walking drugstore! . . . But
I wont lie,
I would like some health insurance so I dont got to pay all that
money
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every month for drugs my mother cells probably helped make.
Immortal Life reads like a novel. The prose is unadorned, crisp
and
matter of fact. Skloot uses thought-provoking quotations from
interview
subjects. This technique sometimes lets well-meaning
scientists
demonstrate how easy it is to objectify human research subjects.
Even
more so when patients are colored and not only destitute. Years
later,
Gey's lab assistant Mary Kubicek told Skloot about Lacks's
autopsy:
When I saw those toenails, I nearly fainted. I thought, Oh jeez,
she's a
real person.
This book, labelled "science-cultural studies," should be
treated as a
work of American history. It's a deftly crafted investigation of
a social
wrong committed by the medical establishment, as well as the
scientific
and medical miracles to which it led. Skloot's compassionate
accountcan be the first step toward recognition, justice and
healing.
Race played a decisive part in the story of Henrietta Lacks. A
terminally
ill cancer patient, she was treated adversely due to the colour
of her skin.
It was a time of segregation with colored wards and colored
operation
rooms and the Separate but Equal principle was not enforced in
her
case. She was treated like a guinea-pig, not a human being.
The
toenails comment refers. It is interesting to note that Rebecca
Sklootwas also a target of racism and was initially told that she
could not
understand the subject of her research because she was white.
Racism
knows no bounds.
The horrors of the the Tuskegee Syphilis Studies and the
Mississippi
Appendectomies are referred to in the book: evident proof that
there
was extreme inequality within the medical system. These acts of
cruelty
were hardly ever performed on white patients because, as so
many
white doctors put it, they had plenty of black people to test
their theories
on.
If you are interested in social history, this book will help you
understand
the pain that led to the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights
Act was
passed in 1964, just 48 years ago.
The Henrietta Lacks Foundation strives to provide financial
assistance
to needy individuals who have made important contributions
toscientific research without their knowledge or consent.
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Marina di Massa is my home town. It is notmuch bigger than
Shirley. Overcrowded insummer because of the tourists flocking to
the
beach, it is very quiet in winter.
Our library is in Massa, 4 kilometres away. There is
a good bus service and students travel to Massa
to go to secondary school at the age of 14.
The Council (Comune) is finally completing the
restoration of Old Massa. The new one is pretty ugly and there
is
nothing worth mentioning.
The library is in Old Massa in Piazza Mercurio and I went there
to see
what was happening.
When I was there inJune, the Comune was
still debating what to do
after discovering a
Roman bakery when
resurfacing the square. In
the end, they decided to
cover it up becausepeople live there.
People were walking into
the Biblioteca Civica
(Civic Library) and I followed them because I had not visited it
in years.
It was inviting and well organised. I picked a
leaflet up for a friend who is a Library
Campaigner at national level. I then thought
it would be good to share it with Shirley Life
readers too so that they may see a different
way to look at libraries.
It was amazing to see how valued the
service was, how many young people were
about and how beautiful the building
looked. Philistine Croydon Council should
be ashamed of what they are doing tolibraries in the
Borough.
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Editor
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go to the
LIBRARYbecause thereyou will find
the
FUTURE
of your
STORY
October 2012
an extraordinarymonth for libraries
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Suspended between consolidated
models of preservation and
organization of knowledge and new
structures even more difficult to
imagine, increasingly pushed to be
meeting places for the community
and dispensers of new services and
requests to strengthen their ability
to create knowledge, to facilitate the
acquisition of information, to better
society, libraries accompany
citizens, and the youngest in
particular, in their journey towards a
future that looks rich in
extraordinary potentialities, but alsounsettled, complex, where
whoever
is without information, skills and the
tools to acquire them risks to be cut
off.
This is why the Regione Toscana
keeps supporting libraries with
conviction and despite the difficultperiod of economic crisis
the
country is going through and invites,
as usual, all Tuscan citizens to know
them better, to discover the many
opportunities and to taste the
numerous pleasures of food for the
mind that they will find in them.
Regional Councillor for Culture, Commerce
and Tourism of Regione Toscana
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Charity No 1116925
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Care Direct UKrun its services for Older Adults in the south end
part
of the Centre. You can contact them 8776 2562 or 07590 202547
for
further details.
ACTIVITIESat the Centre
Day AM PM
Monday FOR HIRE Youth Activities 7.30 - 10pmTuesday FOR HIRE FOR
HIRE 5 - 7pm
Tenshin Tsunami Ryu 7 - 9pm
Bible Study Group 7.30 - 8.30pm
Wednesday FOR HIRE Racquet Club 4 - 5pm
Shirley Table Tennis Club 7.45 - 9.45pm
Thursday FOR HIRE FOR HIRE 2 -3pm
Racquet Club 4 - 5pm
FOR HIRE 6 - 7pm
FOR HIRE 7 - 8pm
Road Cycling Club 8 - 10pm
Friday FOR HIRE Friday Club 2 - 5pm
GKR Karate 6 - 9pm
Saturday FOR HIRE FOR HIRE
Sunday SCF FOR HIRE
The Committee Rooms are for hire from Monday to Saturday
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What the Centre offers...The main hall is complemented by a well
equipped kitchen; there is a
pool room and there are two other rooms suited to smaller
committee
meetings. The Centre is open for viewing from Monday to
Friday,
between 9 and 11am and 2 to 5pm on Fridays only.
Where to find us...We are at 28 Shrublands Avenue, Shirley CR0
8JA.
These premises are ideally placed in a residential area and are
well
served by two bus routes, 194 and 198.
There is some on-site parking.
Availability...
The Centre is available most mornings, the early part of each
afternoonand some evenings. It is also very popular for private
parties at
weekends.
To hire the Centre, please contact 020 8777 4298 or email
[email protected].
For any other purpose, please email
[email protected].
There is also a website,www.shirleycca.com, to keep you abreast
ofevents.
Charges...Midweek charges are:
10 per hour until 5pm and 12.50 thereafter (40 for a whole
morning
or afternoon, 50 for a whole evening)
Private Parties250 on a Saturday or 350 on a Sunday or Bank
Holiday
Children Parties on Saturdays 70 + caretakers services
The cost of hiring the Committee Rooms is 5 per hour at any
time. They
are ideal for small business or committee meetings.
The Shirley Community Centre
is under used. Consider holdingyour meetings or activities in
the
Centre. Come and see us.
SOS
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The future of Shirley Community CentreOn Monday 5 November,
there will be the Annual General Meeting of
the Shirley Community Centre Association.
SCCA need more people to come forward and join the existing
Trustees
of the Charity. Everybody is welcome. There is a General
Committee that
meet four times a year and an Executive Committee that meet
every
month. SCCA is set to become an incorporated charity in the very
near
future.
Situated in the heart of residential Shirley, the Centre is a
great venue for
off-site training, meetings or interviews. It features a main
hall, a meeting
room, a cafe area and a fully fitted kitchen.
The site is fully accessible to wheelchair users and has a
disabled facility.There is a high-speed internet connection
accessible via Wi-Fi.
A pull down screen for presentations and film screenings has now
been
installed. As you can see in the picture below, redecoration was
carried
out before installing the screen. Adrian Winchester, Chairman of
the Save
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the David Lean Campaign, was the first one who pulled it down!
99people attended the screening of Dreamchild on 6 October. It was
a
successful evening and the cakes were delicious.
However, the Centre is under used during the day and there are
also
slots available in the evenings. It is difficult to understand
why because
whoever steps into the Centre is pleasantly surprised as the
place is
welcoming and bright. Moreover, NOG, the Site Manager, is
steadily
improving the premises. For more information or to view the
site, pleasecall him on 020 8777 4298 or email him on
[email protected].
He will be pleased to hear from you.
The future of Shirley Community Centre depends on increasing
the
letting revenues. There is nowhere else in Croydon where one can
hire
a Committee room or a Conference room for 5 per hour and a
bright
and spacious hall for 10/12.50 per hour. It would be very sad if
the only
Community Centre Shirley has were to close down.
SCCA needs your help.
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BE VIGILANTIt is going to be a long battle
NO INCINERATOR NEAR PEOPLE
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About Andrew Dunsmoreof Picture Partnership,
ShirleyRemembrance Sunday
The seasons follow each other in
predictable sequence though the
weather pattern within each can be far
from predictable. Certainly the strong
light of summer has now given way to bright autumnal colours. As
the
nights draw in and the shadows lengthen, it is time to revise
shutter,
aperture and ISO (digital equivalent of film speed-ASA)
settings.
At the annual ceremony of Remembrance Sunday, we pay tribute to
allwho have died in the service of their country. It is a very
moving event and
the involvement of veterans of previous wars dwindling each
year
often compels us to record the event. A word of advice, however.
The
proceedings take precedence and no matter how photogenic,
unusual
or unique a potential picture may be to you, remember that you
are
witnessing an event that is too important to be upset or
disrupted by
your possibly ill-chosen location, interruption or timing.By all
means capture the atmosphere, the colour, the sadness and above
all the poignant underlying meaning but never at the expense of
the
smooth running of the event or by causing embarrassment to
any
organization or participant.
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November 2012
Half term Events
Make a felt brooch - Monday 29 October from 3.30 to 4.30pm
Halloween crafts - Tuesday 30 October from 3.30 to 4.30pm
Storytime - Scary stories Thursday 1 November from 2.15 to
3pmSaturday Crafts - on the following Saturdays: 3 and 17 from 2.30
to 4pm.
Regular Events
Teen Reading Group The group will meet once a month to read and
discuss books,
recommend books to each other, choose new books for the library
and do lots of other book
related activities such as quizzes and games or any other
activities that the members suggest
on Thursday 22 November from 4.30 to 5.30pm.
Rhymetime Singing for babies and their parents and carers on
Fridays: 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30
at 10am
Wiggle and Jiggle stopped and no longer runs
Storytime Stories and crafts for 3-7 year olds on Thursdays: 1,
8, 15, 22 and 29 at 2.15pm.
Once upon a RhymeA mix of rhyme, stories and a colouring sheet
on Saturdays: 10 and
24 at 10am
Stories and Craft Sessions For 4-9 year olds and their parents
and carers on Saturday: 14
from 2.30 to 3.30pm
Chatterbooks is a fun and exciting, monthly reading group for 8
to 11 year olds. Make new
friends and chat about the books you have read as well as taking
part in games and quizzes.
Thursday 15 from 4 to 5pm.
Board Games Do you like playing Scrabble, Monopoly, cards, chess
and Battleship? We have
a selection of games which can be used in the library at any
time. Just ask a member of staff.
Craft Workshops: Card Making on Tuesday 13 from 2.30 to
4.30pm
Stitch, Knit and Natter Get together with other knitters for a
cup of tea and a chat. Beginners
welcome. Fridays 2, 16 and 30 from 2.30 to 4.30pm
Ancestry Library Edition for beginners One off, one to one
sessions will be offered on
Thursday mornings 9.30-10.30am. Please contact the library to
reserve your place.
Computer sessions for beginners Learn to set up an email
account, use Facebook, shoponline, use Word, Excel and Powerpoint
or improve your typing skills on Monday, Tuesday and
Saturday mornings. Please contact the library for further
details.
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Our display boards are available for use free of charge to
advertise your club or
society. Please contact Fiona or Irene at Shirley Library on 020
8726 6900 or email
[email protected]
Monthly Author Talk - Local author Acklima Akbar will visit
Shirley Library onTuesday 6 November to give a free talk from
2.15-3.30pm. Acklima was amanager in the NHS and her book is a
satirical expose on crisis management in
hospitals.She will also sign copies of her bookAnd Then There
Was Swine Fluand willlead a Q&A session afterwards. Please
reserve your place at the library.
Work Club - on Tuesday mornings from 10am-12 noon starting on
Tuesday 9October. The Work Club will be here to offer support with
job search, help withtyping CVs, help filling in application forms
and there will be access to the internet
or email. No appointment will be needed, just drop in.
POLICE SURGERY
Dates and times forthe Shirley Safer Neighbourhood
Teams Drop-in Surgeries are
to be arranged. Please contact
the library for further details.
READINGGROUPFOR ADULTS
This month the group will discuss The Postmistressby Sarah
Blake
on Monday 12 November at 7pm.One of those rare books that when I
wasnt reading it, I was thinking about it.Kathryin Stockett, author
of The Help
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Speak Up for Libraries is a coalition of organisations and
campaigners working
to protect libraries and library staff, now and in the
future.
Facebook.com/speakupforlibraries
@SpeakUp4Libs #SUFLConf
www.speakupforlibraries.orgwww.
Conference10 November 2012
from 10am to 4.30pm
Key speakers, a choice of workshops and the opportunity to
network
20 per person, including lunch and refreshments
Places are limited. Booking is first come first served on
receipt of payment
Details and booking form can be downloaded from our website
Contact Elizabeth on 020 8651 9552 or at
[email protected] for queries
at7 Ridgmount Street
London WC1E 7AECilip
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Jill, our Shirley Life Team Member, is a miniaturist and also
an
excellent cake and biscuit maker. Her rabbits were superb and
I
asked for the recipe. She answered that it came from a book she
had
received on her twenty-first birthday when she was attending
Art
School. Marguerite Patten was mentioned but, to my
embarrassment,her name did not ring a bell in my mind. I have now
remedied my
ignorance, researched and put an article together on the doyenne
of
British cookery. I also borrowed Jills book and scanned a few
pages.
Biscuits
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Marguerite Patten
Before there were celebrity chefs, there was Marguerite
Patten:she was one of the first TV cooks. She popularised the one
foodstuff almost no one else would even try to popularise, let
alone succeed
in doing so. Most often called the doyenne of British cookery
(but alsoas the doyenne of wartime cookery, the doyenne of the tv
kitchen,
or "the Queen of ration book cuisine"), she is the author of
more than
170 cookery books. The sales of her books are well over 17
million and
of her recipe cards more than 500 million world-wide.
She is a member of the Forum on Food at the Royal Society of
Medicine, and a member of the Guild of Food Writers.
As a 13-year-old eldest child, she had to take over some of
thecooking for the family while her newly-widowed mother went out
to
work. At that point young Marguerite Brown hadn't a clue how to
cook:
it is said she had no cookbooks to guide her and had had almost
no
cooking lessons at school.
Fortunately her paternal grandmother was a passionate cook and
was
her inspiration. And so it was from her father's side that she
got her
passion for cooking, while her mother's side (all academics
andteachers) provided the teaching genes.
Although she'd always fancied herself an actress and had hoped
for a
career in the theatre, upon finishing school, she took a cookery
class
and accepted a job as junior home economist at the Eastern
Electricity
Board (EEB). But her childhood dreams soon got the better of her
and
she quit this job to join a repertory company. There she
performed as
Marguerite Eve at the Hampstead's Everyman Theatre and then at
the
Oldham Repertory. Of course, being rep theatres, the work
wasseasonal, so when that nine-month season came to an end she
found
herself with no work and more important, no money.
But that little bit of acting experience was a key to her
getting her next
job, as a senior home economist for the Frigidaire
(refrigerators)
company. She refers to that job as "the thankless job" of trying
to
persuade sceptical British housewives they needed a refrigerator
to
keep food fresh and hygienic for longer periods of time. People
didn'twant them - she noted. Back then the British housewife was
happy
that food kept well enough in the pantry.
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When food rationing began early in WWII what food a family had
would
have to last far longer than previously. And that's when the
benefits of
refrigeration became obvious. But by then she'd moved on, back
to
the EEB. And then in 1942, she was called on to serve her
country.
She joined the Ministry of Food, which, during the war years,
advised
families on how to manage rations and gain the maximum
nutritional
value from what little food there was. Mrs Patten's brief was to
inspire
people. One such task was to persuade adults to eat raw,
grated
turnip, a source of vitamins. This was necessary because
while
children were able to get vitamins from their rations of
concentrated
orange juice and other food stuffs, these were unavailable to
adults.
During the war, under the country's very strict rationing
regime, people
were constantly without the most basic ingredients - Mrs. P had
said:But it was an opportunity to introduce people to new
ingredients -
oatmeal to those living in the south of England, for
example.
At this time there were many
shortages of essential foodstuffs,
not just luxuries. Some supplies
were short, others were
impossible to obtain, especiallyimported goods such as tea,
bananas, oranges, and grapes
(and those fruits were unavailable
for another seven years). Butter,
lard, sweets, cakes, flour and
sugar later became hard to get
too, and eventually meat and fish
were unobtainable.
After the war the people were tired
of years of ministerial guidance.
Mrs Patten said: We had won the
war, but home life had not got better. Rationing was worse than
ever
and people began to grumble. Members of the Housewives
League
began to demonstrate for more food and less government
interference.In an exclusive interview with Books at Star Dot
Star, Mrs Patten
added: during the war, it wasn't only food that was rationed,
even
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paper was hard to get. So it was the people who came to my
demonstrations who got the book done. They would constantly ask
if
I could write a cookbook when the war was over because they
hadn't
kept note of all the recipes I'd demonstrated.
So that was my first book of the three books I did for Harrods,
which
came out in fairly quick succession, Harrods First Book of
Recipes.
The next was Harrods Second Book of Recipes. And the third,
because pressure cookers were the appliance of the era at the
end of
the 40s, was Pressure Cooking By Harrods Including Recipes.
They
weren't very original titles but you have to remember there
wasn't
much competition then so one didn't have to be very
original.
At about this same time Marguerite was a part of a BBC radio
program
called Woman's Hour, the first of its kind. The programme
wasinundated with letters from listeners, asking for advice. Mrs
Patten
provided recipes and tips. Then, as a result of her radio work,
she was
invited to do a cooking demonstration in 1947 for a new
television
program called Mainly for Women (also known as Designed for
Women). She was so successful, she continued with this
programme
until it ended in the early 1960s.
It was this radio success and the success of her first cookery
bookwhich resulted in her
becoming one of several
person's cited as the BBC's
first television cook in 1947.
Mrs Patten explained: I was
preceded by a few months
by a TV Chef called Philip
Harben. Philp gave me the
title of television cook and he
called himself the first
television chef.
By the early 1950s, her work on radio and in newspapers, as well
as
her books, had made her a household name.
After her Harrods cookbooks were published, she was
approached
by a senior editor at Paul Hamlyn's publishing house, a meeting
whichwas the beginning of a long and successful partnership,
which
continues to this day. Paul Hamlyn, founder of the publishing
company,
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had a simple recipe for the expansion of his young company:
subject
matter had to be familiar, but hitherto out of reach; they had
to be
exceptional value for money; they had to have immediate visual
appeal
and a short, sharp title; the apparent value had to be real
rather than
a come on; and they had to be able to be sold anywhere, rather
than
exclusively in bookshops.
In post-war Britain cookery
books were a luxury. Hamlyn's
cookery books therefore were
sold at a quarter the normal price,
illustrated in colour throughout
and advertised 500 Recipes for
2/11.The result of Patten's meeting
with the Hamlyn editor was the
classic, Cookery in Colour, a
leading-edge book in its day, with
every two pages printed on
different coloured paper, allegedly
in order to cover up the boringgrey paper underneath. That
book sold more than 30,000
copies in hardback. Mrs Patten
wrote the text, obtained the photos from food manufacturers and
sold
the whole package to Hamlyn. And all for only 600.
Marguerite Patten was appointed Officer of the Order of the
British
Empire (OBE) in 1991 for services to the Art of Cookery and
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the
2010
Birthday Honours. In 2007,
she received the Woman of
the Year award, Lifetime
Achievement Award. She lives
in Brighton and still gives
regular talks, advises all sorts
of people including JamieOliver on subjects relating to
kitchen providence.
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