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Dear Readers,Welcome to the April issue and the weather is certainly starting to warm up. We cut the lawn for the first time this year and it makes such a difference, I just need to find time to do all the weeding and I will.... soon!

I am spending time with my sister over Easter and looking forward to relaxing with my family with lots of food (mostly chocolate!), drink and laughter. We’re twins so we nearly always find the same things funny. My sister recently passed her final exam to become a fully qualified driving instructor and I’m so proud of her as there is such a small pass rate but she did it first time so WELL DONE sis. Unfortunately she doesn’t live close by so I can’t recommend her to any prospective pupils but if she did, I definitely would!

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Thank you to all the businesses who continue to support this local community magazine and a big thank you to you, the readers who continue to support them by using the magazine. I hope you have a great Easter.

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COMMUNITY NEWS What’s On .................................................................6Figsbury Challenge ..................................................4Naomi House Fundraising Events .........................14

FEATURESEaster .....................................................................12The Titanic ................................................................8

FOOD AND DRINKRecipe - Easter Chocolate Mousse Cake ..............18

HOME & GARDENHome Security Aids ................................................30Slugs and Snails.....................................................24

PUZZLESCrossword, Sudoku, Solutions ...............................28

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The Figsbury Challenge is a sponsored run (5k, 3k or 1k) which will take place on April 21st 2012. -8yrs, 8-11yrs, 12-15yrs, 16-39yrs,

40yrs+. Prizes have been sponsored this year by Randall Parker foods and CrystalNet Computers.

The main 5k route starts with a ¾ lap of the school playing field, then down the footpath to the field and along the path outside the old vicarage to Figsbury Road. You will turn right under the railway bridge and along the footpath up the hill to the Ancient Hillfort of Figsbury Rings. There will be a water station up at the top. Runners circle the outside of the rings then back down to the school, ending in the finish funnel, where times will be recorded. There will be water available at the school at the start and finish. Please note this is a multi-terrain fun-run, so runners should prepare and a dress accordingly.

The Registration for the 1k and 3k events will only be open on the

day. You can register for the 5k event before the day. Entry forms can be downloaded from www.winterbourneearls.org or email [email protected]. Entry fee is £8 before the day or £10 on the day.

The Registration desk will be manned from 12.00pm at the school. Your race number will be allocated on the day when you register. The junior 1k run will start at 1.00pm with a warm up at 12.40pm. The 3k run will start at 1.30pm with a warm up at 1.10pm.

Registration for these races will take place on the day. The warm up for the 5k run

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Please register in plenty of time and don’t leave it until the last minute, registration will close 30 minutes prior to the race starting.

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along the footpath up the hill to the Ancient Hillfort of Figsbury Rings. There will be a water station up at the top. Runners circle the outside of the rings then back down to the school, ending in the finish funnel, where times

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Each finishing runner will receive a medal, courtesy of Randall Parker Foods. Results will be available as soon as possible after the last runner finishes and presentations will begin by 3.15pm, with trophies in following catergories: overall winner, first female, first male.

Refreshments will be available from 12.00pm and there will be a Raffle. Car Parking has been arranged

in the field behind the church and Glebe Hall. Please note that there is no parking at the school. There will be Stalls and entertainments during the afternoon also a bouncy slide, football challenge, and more.

Good luck with collecting sponsorship. Money collected is divided between the school and Salisbury Hospice and using Gift Aid collects a further 25p for every £1 donated by UK taxpayers.

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What’s on in AprilEvents

Thurs 5th Apr at 7.30pm Bourne Valley Horticultural SocietyAt The Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls, SP4 6HA – Jim Butt on “Poultry Keeping as a Hobby”. Jim is currently chairman of Salisbury Poultry Society. Instead of an illustrated talk, he will be bringing some ‘props’; live chickens, eggs etc. Also SEEDLING SWAP – bring your seedlings for swapping at 20p a forkful. Contact Lynn 01980 610635.

Fri 6th Apr at 11am - GOOD FRIDAY WALKFrom Cholderton to Winterbourne Earls calling at all the Bourne Valley churches en route. Leaving St Nicholas Cholderton at 11am, arriving at St Michael’s Winterbourne Earls at around 5.15pm with hot cross buns & drinks provided. You are welcome to join for the whole, or just part, of the route. Contact Vanda on 01980 610305.

Sun 8th & Mon 9th Apr, 2pm to 5pm - OPEN GARDENSAt Boscombe Village - “Westcroft” and “Cottage in the Trees”, 7 miles NE of Salisbury, on A338. Combined admission £4.50, children free. Contact Lyn 01980 610877 or www.ngs.org.uk/gardens/gardenfinder/garden.

Thurs 19th Apr at 7.30pm – Bourne Valley Historical SocietyIn The Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls, SP4 6HA – details to be announced – contact Maureen 01980 611311 or www.bournevalleyhistory.co.uk

Fri 20th Apr from 7.30pm BOURNE FOLK monthly session This time featuring Phil Drane at Boscombe Social Club, Boscombe Village, SP4 0AB. This is the last session of the current season. Bourne Folk returns in the Autumn. More details from Dave on 07596 833797 or www.salisburyfolk.co.uk.

Sat 21st Apr from 12 noon – FIGSBURY CHALLENGE 2012A multi-terrain fun-run from Winterbourne Earls School. The Registration for the 1k and 3k events will only be open on the day. You can register for the 5k event before the day. Entry forms can be downloaded from www.winterbourneearls.org or email [email protected]. Entry fee is £8 before the day or £10 on the day. See page 4 for more details.

Sat 21st Apr – BRITISH EVENING by Winterbourne OperaIn The Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls SP4 6HA. This follows on from Winterbourne Opera’s successful Italian and French Suppers, both of which have been sell-outs. You can look forward to famous British composers like Elgar and Parry, folk songs, comic turns, rousing patriotic songs and a fun “Last-of-the-Proms” style finale – all with British Food. Contact: Hilary – 01980 611200.

Thurs 26th Apr – at 7.30pm (Doors open at 7pm) at The Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls, SP4 6HA – MOVIOLA FILMThe Iron Lady (12A), about the life of Margaret Thatcher, starring

Meryl Streep & Jim Broadbent. Tickets available in advance from Winterbourne PO & Stores £5.00 (or £6 at the door). Contact Gill: 01980 611465.

Sat 28th & Sun 29th Apr from 10.30am to 5pm – Flower FestivalWith dual Jubilee / Olympics Theme at St. Mary’s Church, Winterbourne Gunner. Proceeds in aid of St. Mary’s Tower refurbishment. Contact Gill: 01980 611465.

Amesbury Country Market First Saturday of every month - 10am to 11.30amMethodist Church Hall, High St., Amesbury. Local, home produced baking, preserves, garden produce, plants, crafts, fresh meat and sausages, eggs.

Interested in playing Badminton?Why not come along and enjoy playing badminton in a fun and sociable atmosphere. Sessions are aimed at all standards from beginner to those who have played the game before. Qualified coaching and guidance provided at all sessions. Places are limited to players aged 16 and over. Venue: Avon Valley College Sports Hall every Wednesday from 8.15pm to 9.15pm. Starts 11 January to 7 March 2012 (8 weeks). Cost: £24. To book a place, contact Phil Rose on 01980 634876 or to find out more contact Karlene Jammeh, Sports Development Officer on 01722 434437 / [email protected].

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Just four days into her maiden voyage, the Titanic was the biggest ship in human history. She was 882 feet long, 92 feet wide, 175 feet tall from her keel to the top of her four funnels. She displaced over 52,000 tons. For her 883 first-class passengers she was a palace; for her 1,006 third-class passengers she was a hostel. But for all of them, her 1½-inch hull – made, as it turned out, of brittle steel – was no protection against the iceberg lying in wait. Despite a meeting speed of less than 30mph the impact was enough to rip open five of her watertight compartments – she was designed to lose only four of them. Impact was at 11.40pm. Two hours and 40 minutes later she broke in two and went down.

The magnitude of the disaster, and the terror and the pity of it, was quickly seized upon by artists as a metaphor of enormous power.

For the German painter Max Beckmann it summarised the chaos and uncertainty of human existence: his enormous (8’ x 10’) canvas, completed less than a year after the sinking and now in the St Louis Art Museum, shows hapless humanity suffering almost stoically amid nightmarish white-capped waves (actually the night was calm).

For Thomas Hardy, whose poem Convergence of the Twain: Lines on the Loss of the Titanic was published in 1915, it symbolised man’s powerlessness in the face of nature: Hardy pictures the fishes swimming about the submerged staterooms as an epitaph on the futility of human ambition.

For the makers of the 1958 film A Night to Remember, it meant the opposite: they saw only human dignity and courage in the face of catastrophe. In 1979 the story was filmed

The Art of the Titanic

again as SOS Titanic. This time the makers focused on a different aspect: class division. As well they might, for the richer you were the likelier you were to survive: 123 of the 883 first-class passengers died compared to 167 of 614 in second class, 528 of 1,006 in third class, and 693 of the 885 crew.

Then there is the American figurative painter Ken Marschall who has been compulsively, almost obsessively, making paintings of the Titanic since 1969. His work is almost photographically lifelike and detailed and shows the great ship going about its business placidly as if nothing was wrong. And nothing is. It is only the viewer’s foreknowledge that makes the images so terrifying.

Perhaps the greatest piece of art inspired by the disaster, though, came from the British indeterminist composer Gavin Bryars, whose The Sinking of the Titanic was written in 1969 and recorded by Brian Eno in 1975. In it, Bryars fantasises about the piece played by the eight-piece band as the ship sank – Nearer My God to Thee, supposedly – echoing forever around the wreck, the increasingly incoherent soundwaves trapped by the ocean as an eternal ghostly lament.

Which brings us to 1997, and the James Cameron/Leonardo diCaprio/Kate Winslett epic. Enough said. A commercial triumph; an artistic void. For a meditation on mortality occasioned by the centenary, go with Beckmann, Hardy, and above all Bryars. They really will make your heart go on...

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The band played until the very end

This wouldn’t have been possible as the ship was listing and the band members would have been unable to stay standing upright.

The Titanic was trying to set a speed record

Communication was not as it is today and arrangements for the arriving passengers would have been made days or weeks in advance. If they had reached New York ahead of schedule most of them would have been left standing at the docks.

Third class passengers were locked below deck

There was no attempt to keep third class passengers from getting into the lifeboats, or to divide potential survivors by class in any way. The reason relatively few ‘steerage’ passengers survived was partly due to being so far from the deck, and partly because many didn’t speak English and wouldn’t have understood the evacuation instructions.

White Star Line said Titanic was unsinkable

The promotional material actually said “...as far as it is possible to do [Titanic] is designed to be unsinkable”.

The high number of casualties was due to insuffi cient lifeboats

Whilst it’s true that there were only enough lifeboat spaces for around one third of the passengers, not all the lifeboats were launched. Panic and interference from passengers coupled with not enough skilled manpower, meant time ran out anyway and the last two lifeboats floated off the sinking ship. Indeed the first lifeboat that was launched had a capacity of 50 people but had just 12 passengers onboard.

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100 Years Old and Still Rolling OnSalisbury Bowling Club, one of the oldest flat green bowls clubs in Wiltshire, is celebrating it’s centenary this year. The present club was founded in 1912. It’s origins though can be traced back to 1751 when it’s green was situated at the confluence of the rivers Avon and Nadder as part of a small holding known as ‘Bowling Green Nurseries”. Since that time the club has been located at several sites within the city, including on a lawn of a house in Wain-a-Long Road, before finally settling in Devonshire Road.

In preparation for its centenary celebrations the club has undergone a facelift: around the green and within the clubhouse and has even gone to the extent of redesigning its livery; players will sport a new coloured club shirt this year.

The coming season will be opened by the Mayor of Salisbury, Councilor John Abbott JP, at the traditional President v Captains match on 21st April. In addition to the normal round of club, national, county and Salisbury & District competitive matches, several prestigious celebratory games have been arranged. The club will host representative teams from Bowls England and Bowls Wiltshire in May and Friends of English Bowls in July.

The year will not only be celebrated on the green. Celebratory Dinners, club social events and even a Bowls Olympics are all planned to ensure the year is a memorable and enjoyable time in which all club members can participate.

Bowls is a sport for all – it’s fun, social, and inexpensive and all levels of skill are catered for. If you would like to be part of the celebratory year, there is an open day and coffee morning on April 28th so call in, you will be most welcome!

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Six more charities benefit from Wilton Rotary Club's charity

Prior to the Club's weekly supper meeting at Salisbury & South Wilts Golf Club on Monday March 5th the Rotary Club of Wilton presented donations totalling more than £2,500 from its Charity Trust Fund to representatives of six charities. The donations were made possible as a result of the Club's highly successful fundraising events such as the Mammoth Car Boot Sale and Rotary Spireworks which have both made record profits during Rotarian Jeff Gyles' second term as President of the Club.

On the receiving end of the donations (and pictured above from left to right with Rotary President Jeff Gyles) were Home Start Wiltshire (Jilly Palmer); Alzheimer's Society Wiltshire and Swindon (Andrew Day); Alabare Christian Care (Doreen Knight); Camps International Camp Kenya Healthcare Outreach Program Makongeni (Jennie Beck, Field Volunteer); Naomi House & Jacks Place Charity (Pam Bacon) and Parkinsons UK Salisbury and District (Carole Slater).

President Jeff Gyles said: "I'm proud to say the Club is buzzing at the moment. We have had fantastic support for our fundraising events from the local community. And we are extremely grateful for the sponsorship we receive from our Business Partners: Bloor Homes, SpireFM, Southern Counties Auctioneers, Wilton Estate, A1 Roadcraft, Wilts & Dorset Bus, Wiltshire Council, and Salisbury Journal. As a result we have been able to make more than 30 charitable donations totalling over £15,000 since last July which will make a difference to the lives of many people - and that's what Rotary is all about."

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Let’s start with the word itself, Easter. We have it on the word of the Venerable Bede, writing in the very early 8th century, that “Eostre” is derived

from “Eostre-monath”, the month in which pagan Saxons celebrated the festival of the goddess Eostre. It’s a simple explanation, and one with which with which scholars of philology have had endless fun ever since – some even denying that there ever was a goddess Eostre and that Bede (uncharacteristically) made the whole thing up. But “eostre” is cognate with “öster”, the German for east, and is therefore associated with sunrise and hence spring, so Bede’s explanation at least has context on its side. Indeed the feast is only called “Easter” in Germanic countries: in France it’s called “Pâques”, a variation on the Jewish spring festival Pesach, and other Latin countries use names of the same derivation.

Fascinating stuff, but it doesn’t get us much closer to the chocolate. And the answer is eggs. Eggs have been associated with spring since... well, since

birds started laying them in spring. There are Persian wall-paintings of eggs being given as gifts from 2,500 years ago; the tradition survived the country’s conversion to Islam and persists to this day. In Egypt, another Islamic country, there is a seasonal tradition of egg decorating of unknown antiquity; in eastern Orthodox countries they paint eggs red (for Christ’s blood) and green (for returning spring); in England and North-Western Europe there is a tradition of rolling coloured eggs down hills at Eastertime, echoing the rolling away of the stone from the Holy Sepulchre; in America the White House puts on an annual display of decorated eggs from every state of the union, and favoured children (how are they selected?) are invited to a spot of egg-rolling on the White House lawn.

Egg decoration seems to have evolved into making eggs out of solid chocolate in France or Germany in the early 19th century, and the first Easter egg in England came from Cadbury’s in 1842. These

EasterIt’s been a long road from the glory of Jesus Christ’s death resurrection – the central miracle of the Christian faith – to gorging on chocolate. And it’s a road that those of a philosophical bent might liken to the descent of Western civilisation into gluttonous consumerism. But leaving such considerations aside, how did it happen?

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eggs can hardly have been for the mass market since the chocolate of the time was very expensive and also very bitter. Finer, less harsh, and less expensive chocolate was made possible by more sophisticated processing equipment in the later 19th century, and Cadbury’s produced its first hollow egg (filled with sweets) in 1875. The first milk chocolate Easter egg followed exactly 30 years later and... well, what more do we need to know? Except that Easter eggs sell for a far higher price per gram than the slab chocolate of which they’re made, and as they’ll keep almost indefinitely any left unsold can simply go into cold store until next year – at which time next year’s prices can be charged for last year’s stock. As I said, it’s all a very long way from the Mount of Olives!

Well, that’s just about it for Easter – except that I forgot Easter bunnies. Well, springtime, fertility, rabbits, breeding, etcetera... need I say more? Oh, and Easter bonnets.

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Clarendon Way Walk 2012Why not take part in the 6th Clarendon Way Walk on Sunday 10th June 2012! This historic walk runs from Winchester Cathedral to Salisbury Cathedral. You will take a challenging 26 or 12 mile route through beautiful countryside with stunning views across the counties of both Hampshire and Wiltshire. With the option of a 26 mile or a 12 mile walk, whatever your fitness level, with a little bit of training, you can get involved!

The 12 mile walk from Broughton – Salisbury Cathedral starts half way along the Clarendon Way

at the midpoint between the two cathedrals between 12:00pm – 1:30pm, a wonderful but less challenging walk.

A packed lunch will be available at Broughton, and buses will be on hand to bring walkers from Salisbury to Winchester and back to Broughton at the end of the walks.

Over the last 5 years the walk has raised over £562,000 which is a hugely valuable contribution to the £5 million which is required each year to keep Naomi House and Jacks Place running.

Once registered, you will be sent information about the walk, training advice and sponsorship forms. Closer to the event you will receive a t-shirt and walker number.

This year is the 6th Anniversary and the event hopes to attract 1,200 walkers and raise over £150,000 for Naomi House. If you would like to join your family, friends and hundreds of other Naomi House supporters on the walk, download the booking form at www.naomihouse.org.uk.

Easter Egg Hunt at Highclere Castle

By kind permission of Lady Carnarvon, Highclere Castle – the home of Downton Abbey – is once again hosting the annual Easter Egg Hunt in aid of Naomi House. This years’ event takes place on Sunday 8th April with gates opening at 11am and closing to visitors at 5pm.

The event promises to be bigger and better than before and includes a family fun day with activities suitable for all ages. Children are invited to make an Easter bonnet for the bonnet parade, with prizes for the best one. Chocolate eggs are on offer for every child that completes the new adventure Easter egg trail.

Music will be provided by the East Woodhay Silver Band during the afternoon with tethered hot air balloon rides to take in the fantastic views of Highclere, face painting, Classic Ferrari cars – for the big boys, bouncy castle slide and barrel train for rides around the grounds. A grand raffle and giant toy tombola will be held throughout the afternoon, with fantastic prizes on offer.

Entry to the grounds and the Easter egg hunt and family fun day will cost £4 per person, with under 2’s going free. Children’s admission includes the Easter Egg Hunt and a chocolate egg. Entry to the Castle will be £16 per adult, but pre-booking advised.

If you think you could help by volunteering at either event, please visit the website for more information. www.naomihouse.org.uk, or contact the Fundraising Office on 01962 843513. Thank you for your support!

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Driveway Monitor, £18.49 - Recognising intruders up to 100ft away, the Driveway Monitor offers cordless infra-red detection of heat or movement and alerts the homeowner via a radio signal that’s sent directly to the indoor receiver.

Frostfire Home Security Bar, £23.50 - Designed for use with both standard hinged doors and sliding patio doors, the Frostfire Home Security Bar can be wedged at any angle to prevent forced entry. Because it’s made from 20-gauge steel, the bar is incredibly strong and exceedingly robust, and so protects against forces of up to 150 kg.

Fake TV Burglar Deterrent, £24 - Simulating the appearance of an active television set, the Fake TV helps to create the illusion that someone’s at home by using realistic LED lighting. An inbuilt sensor automatically triggers the system at dusk and thanks to its compact design, it’s perfect for use anywhere in the home.

Security Wireless Camera, £29.50 - Suitable for use both inside or outside the property, the wireless camera makes for fast and easy positioning and transmits images both day and night - due to its night vision capabilities at 8-10 meters.

Ex-Pro Complete 2.4GHz CCTV Camera, £94.97 - A robust weatherproof design makes this wireless system ideal for outdoor home security. With automatic activation of LEDs at night and good quality night-vision combined easy connectivity, it’s just the thing for all your home security needs.

Yale Locks Alarm Wireless Home Starter Alarm Kit, £124.98 - Completely wireless and ideal for flats, garages or terraced and semi-detached homes, the alarm system is easy to install - causing no damage or disruption to home décor - and comes complete with a wireless remote control access pad that’s easy to operate.

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Amesbury Hand Car WashAmesbury Hand Car WashAmesbury Hand Car Wash

Amesbury Hand Car Wash, 39 High Street, Amesbury SP4 7ET

(Next to Barclays Bank)

Exterior Wash Wash Wax Dry Tyre Shine

Super Deluxe Wash Wax Dry Vacuum Windows in and out Dashboard Wiped Tyres/Bumpers Dressed

Managers SpecialSuper Deluxe & Hand Polish

ValetingFull Valet

Medium£5.99Large£9.99




EXTERIOR

WASH£1.00OFF

SUPERDELUXE

£3.00OFF

MANAGERSSPECIAL£5.00OFF

VALETING£10.00

OFF

FULL VALETING SERVICE AVAILABLE FROM £5.99

SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR TAXIS AND CAR DEALERS

Opening HoursMon - Sat 8am - 6pm

Sun- 9am - 4pm7 days a week

For details call on 07424 217516

Vouchers can only be used once and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Vouchers must be presented at time of use.

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