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Inside this issue

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Editor’s LetterThis month sees the launch of our brand NEW website. It gives both readers and prospective advertisers lot’s of information including a huge “What’s On” section and a new online Business Directory which makes searching for a local business easy. You can now also enter the ‘Find the Fox’ competition online and, as you may have already spotted, we have a brand new fox to celebrate 4 years of publishing. He also replaces the previous ladybird so you will now be looking for a hidden fox and NOT a ladybird. Isn’t he lovely!

The new website also off ers exclusive discounts for readers from local businesses so make sure you check online before you pick up the phone. It’s all about supporting local businesses and that’s exactly what this magazine is for. Just don’t forget to say where you found them! Until next time...

"award winning" the it shack ...................... 4feature: music bugs ............................................... 6charity news ................................................................ 8health: headaches ..............................................30gardening: grown your own veg .........12community news .................................................... 16Event Listings ...........................................................20

Technology: protect your pc ..................24recipe: cheese, bacon & onion pie .........26community groups .............................................. 34finance: ignorance is no defence ..... 38puzzles ............................................................................ 42community telephone numbers ............ 43business directory ............................................. 46

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A top to toe aid for child development

Participating in a pre-school music and singing class encourages many important developmental skills for your child suggests Jayne Roderick, Music Bugs Salisbury & New Forest. ‘Music and singing classes are much more than just a ‘musical experience’ as your child will learn and develop a range of important skills that will help to equip them for school and beyond’.

Language and communication skills – singing songs is a fantastic way to boost early language skills and encourages important elements of language development. Children learn to rhyme words and sounds, repeating songs and helping them as they begin the early stages of reading.

Numeracy skills – number songs introduce children to the concept of counting. Singing counting songs with your child helps them to recognise numbers, patterns

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Fine and gross motor control and coordination – young children use movement and sensory exploration to learn about their environments. From picking up instruments and dancing with puppets through to waving the scarves and popping bubbles, Music Bugs gives children a chance to move, develop and grow with confi dence.

Sensory experiences – Children utilise 4 main ‘processes’ to engage and interact with their environment: Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic and Tactile. Music classes provide children with the opportunity to be constantly seeing, hearing, touching and ‘doing’ – an all-round sensory experience for your child.

Confi dence, social skills and independence – Music and singing classes help children to start making decisions for themselves within a safe and informal environment. Encourage your child to select their own instrument from

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Music Bugs classes are great fun with lots of wonderful activities and props to engage your child and keep them entertained. Suitable for babies from newborn and older children up to the age of 4, the classes create a sensory and holistic environment where they can develop and socialise at their own pace. Expect traditional nursery rhymes, silly songs, action songs, knee bouncers and fi nger play rhymes as well as puppets, hobby horses, bubbles, pom poms, parachutes, teddies, chiff on carves, rhythm sticks and lots of lovely tactile percussion instruments.

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The 2013 Clarendon Way Walk provides the perfect challenge for the whole family to take part in. The event allows participants to choose between a 26 or 12 mile walk between Winchester and Salisbury Cathedrals. The 12 mile route begins in the village of Broughton, half way along the Clarendon Way and at the midpoint between the two Cathedrals.

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Four years ago, High Jinks in the Moot – the hugely successful event that marked the Moot’s 21st year since it was purchased by a village preservation trust and saved from years of neglect – attracted more than 1500 people.

Bowing to popular demand for it to be repeated, High Jinks in the Moot is back with more music, dancing, drama and magical moments than before.

Once again, every corner of the ancient monument and pleasure gardens will have

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Watch out for gnomes fi shing in the pond, living statues and Alice chasing the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole to Wonderland.

Dozens of local performers have signed up to take part and professional actress Jane Seden is again masterminding the spectacular event.

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Neolithic Houses at Old Sarum: Behind-the-Scenes

Saturday 4th May 2013Go behind-the-scenes and enjoy an exclusive talk and 'fi rst-look' tour of the Neolithic House project, under construction at Old Sarum, led by the volunteers who are building these unique dwellings.

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Downton Cuckoo Fair

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Friday 10th May 6.00pmThe New Winterslow Art Groups exhibition on Friday 10th May - 6pm to 9pm in the Village Hall.

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These days, we’re doing more and more things digitally: our holiday snaps sit on hard disks, our music is often in MP3 and we’re as likely to download fi lms as buy them on disc. That’s great when your PC’s working perfectly, but how do you make sure it stays that way?

Protecting your PC falls into three key categories: protecting your valuable data, protecting your PC from online threats and protecting your PC from physical damage.

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No matter how careful you are, computers can and do break: every hard disk will

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It’s worth remembering too that services such as Facebook won’t compensate you if they accidentally delete or damage your online photo libraries; once again make sure that if it’s important, you have more than one copy in case of disaster.

The other issue to worry about is “malware”, which is software designed to do nasty things. Sometimes malware spies on you, trying to obtain your passwords and other details; other times it just damages fi les or slows your PC to a crawl. The good news is that it’s relatively easy to avoid: Windows 7 and Windows 8 both have fi rewall software, which can prevent nasties getting in, and if you’re suspicious you can avoid most malware. Don’t open unsolicited

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Why does my head hurt?A headache is caused when the blood vessels around the brain swell, along with tension in the muscles and nerves in surrounding muscles. If you’re stressed, not having enough sleep, drinking too much, dehydrated or eating lots of junk food, there’s more chance you’ll end up with a blinder.

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Cluster headaches tend to cause an intense pain around one or both eyes and can come on very suddenly. Suff erers may have 1-3 of these attacks every day for weeks or months which are often more painful than a migraine.

Brewing up a headache Found naturally in tea, coff ee and chocolate and added to many energy drinks, it’s more the withdrawal of caff eine than the stimulant itself that can lead to headaches. On the fl ip side, non-prescription painkillers with added caff eine can actually speed up their eff ectiveness.

Treating your headache You can buy a range of diff erent painkillers over the counter or obtain stronger alternatives on prescription. Some may suit you better than others – they include paracetamol, codeine, anti-infl ammatory painkillers (such as aspirin and ibuprofen) or a group of anti-migraine medicines known as triptans (for example, sumatriptan).

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2. Cooling headache pads: For some instant soothing relief, use these alongside any other medication or on their own.

3. Tiger Balm: this is a natural remedy that is often used to help relieve headaches. (Not suitable for pregnant women or children under 2.)

4. Headache pillows: these may help prevent or relieve headaches by providing support to your neck, improving your posture and reducing infl ammation.

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called experts struggle to make sense of it.The common thing throughout all these generations, my parents, myself, our children, is that none of us have ever had any fi nancial education. Not one single lesson in the classroom at my school was ever devoted to personal fi nancial matters. The fi nancial company employees are taught how to sell to us, but we have little idea of how to make a judgement on what they tell us.At last, this should be about to change.In 2011, 118,000 people signed an e-petition via the MoneySavingExpert.com website to force the issue of Financial Education in Schools to be debated in Parliament. Draft proposals have been published recently and are still under consultation into April, but it is expected that from September 2014, fi nancial education will form part of the national curriculum in England, with 11-16 year olds receiving it as part of their compulsory citizenship education.Plans are that pupils in Key Stage 3 (ages 11 to 14) will be taught the function and use of money, personal budgeting, money management and a range of fi nancial products and services.

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ADVICECitizens Advice (Wiltshire - South) ............................0844 3752775(from mobiles) ...................................................................0300 4568375Community Legal Service Direct ..............................0845 345 4 345Consumer Advice .......................................................... 08454 04 05 06Trading Standards ............................................................08451 201202

ANIMAL CHARITIES/VETSHampton Park Vets (Downton) ....................................01725 511492Hampton Park Vets (Salisbury) ................................... 01722 416245Cats Protection League ..................................................08453 712068Salisbury Dogs Trust ........................................................01980 629634RSPCA Cruelty Line ..........................................................0300 1234999Wildlife Care Centre .........................................................01980 862291

CHEMISTSBoots Chemist, Salisbury ...............................................01722 333233Downton Pharmacy........................................................ 01725 510388

GENERALDownton Library...............................................................01725 511003Downton Link ................................................................... 01725 513807Odeon Cinema, Salisbury .............................................0871 224 4007

HELPLINESAge UK Salisbury District ............................................. 01722 335 425Alcohol & Drug Advisory Service ............................... 01722 820390Carers Support...................................................................01722 322746 Childline ..................................................................................... 0800 1111Cruse Bereavement Care ...............................................01722 411938Drugs Helpline - FRANK ................................................ 0800 77 66 00Family Lives Charity ........................................................0808 800 2222National Debtline .......................................................... 0808 808 4000Nat. Domestic Violence Helpline .............................. 0808 2000 247National Family Mediation ............................................01722 332936NSPCC ................................................................................. 0808 800 5000Relate ....................................................................................01305 262285Samaritans ..........................................................................01722 323355 Victim Supportline .......................................................... 01380 729476Women's Refuge ...............................................................08457 023468

HEALTHDownton Surgery ............................................................ 01725 510296National Blood Service ................................................. 0300 123 2323NHS Direct ................................................................................. 0845 4647Optician (A.J. Bass, Downton) ..................................... 01725 512058Salisbury Hospital (Odstock) ....................................... 01722 336262Salisbury Walk In Health Centre ..................................01722 331191Sexual Health Clinic .........................................................01722 410069Whiteparish Surgery ........................................................01794 884269

POLICECrimestoppers ................................................................... 0800 555 111Salisbury (non emergency) ..........................................0845 408 7000

TRAVELNational Rail information ..............................................08457 484950Wilts & Dorset Bus Company ........................................01722 336855

UTILITIES (Emergency Only)Bournemouth & W. Hants Water ................................ 01202 590059Gas .......................................................................................... 0800 111 999Wessex Water Sewage Floodline ............................. 0845 850 5 959Wessex Water Leakstoppers ...................................... 0800 692 0 692

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Accounting & PayrollForest Edge Accountancy 39Strong Accounting Services 39Aerials & SatelliteSalisbury Aerials 45Antiques/CollectiblesWessex Valuations 11ArboristsActive Tree Care 22Higgins Tree Care 21BeauticiansKatie Reid Beauty 11Talons & Tootsies 7BreweriesDownton Brewery 27BuildersBuild It New Forest 39Southern Counties Construction Svcs 33Cakes & DecoratingBeverley's Creative Cakes 37Care ServicesEnterprise Care 37CarpentersRightway Carpentry 17Chimney SweepsAPG Services 36Cleaning & IroningADG Cleaning Services 25Clean 4U 25Lisa's Ironing Service 25ElectriciansNoke & Thorne 32Energy/Fuel ServicesFuel Tank Replacements 40Worthy Energy Solutions 21Estate AgentsBassets Sales & Lettings 17 Woolley & Wallis 25

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Personal Trainers, GymsAndy Phillips (Hamptworth) 18Downton Leisure Centre 44Pest ControlWessex Mole Control 15Pet ServicesHampton Park Vets 17Plumbing & HeatingACR Plumbing 31Alexandra Heating Services 13Aquagas 27Aquatec 29Bennett & Dean 13Noke & Thorne 32S.J. Heating 27Portable ToiletsLoos2go 13Property Repairs & MaintenanceRussell Jones 44Pubs, Restaurants, CafésThe Borough Café 9Schools/Colleges/TuitionHale Pre-School 19Hampshire Collegiate School 23Scrap Metal MerchantsCoopers Metals 22Soft FurnishingsMrs Curtains 39Pauline West 36Telephone/Broadband ServicesDatasharp 11Wedding/BridalJGS Bespoke Designs 11Windows & ConservatoriesSpire Glass 36

NExt Copy Deadline:5th June 2013The Life List

The Forward-Thinking FortiesThere’s nothing new under the sun, according to Shakespeare, and who am I to argue? Sometimes, all we need is to adjust our perspective. Take the 1940s, for example - were things really so different?

Now: Twitter offers 140-character minimalist communication.

Then: Morse code. Nothing but the essentials, and with an option to retweet using a hand-held device known as a transmitter.

Now: A gap year or two to travel the world, experience new cultures and test your courage.

Then: National Service. All of the above plus a regular wage.

Now: Wikipedia allows anyone to find out everything about anything.

Then: The Public Library (remember those?) did that as well, and you also left the house.

Now: The War on Terror.Then: The War.Now: Recycling.Then: The Rag & Bone man.Now: Mobile phones - talk wherever you happen to

be.Then: Telephone boxes - conveniently placed almost

everywhere you might need to be. And the battery never runs out.

Now: Upcycling.Then: Make Do and Mend.Now: Going green and growing your own veg.Then: Dig for Victory.Some things are different, of course. According to the lovefoodhatewaste website we throw away over seven million tonnes of food from our homes every year, whereas, in the 40s, people didn’t have enough to eat. And, while there were fewer antibiotics back then, they didn’t have MRSA or the Norovirus. Maybe we need the best from the past to shape the future. Matron!

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In advance Adult £10 and Children under 16 go freeOn the night Adult £12 and Children £2

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