Essentially Local March-April 17
Essentially Local is bimonthly magazine that is distributed to homes and businesses in North Milton Keynes and South Northamptonshire. It includes a directory of local businesses, useful information and a calendar of local events.
Essentially Local is bimonthly magazine that is distributed to homes and businesses in North Milton Keynes and South Northamptonshire. It includes a directory of local businesses, useful information and a calendar of local events.
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Contents & Welcome<br />
Inside this Issue…<br />
<strong>Essentially</strong> Business and Professional<br />
24 Thirty hours of free childcare<br />
29 GreenThumb success; Wealth & Tax Management donate<br />
<strong>Essentially</strong> Children<br />
8 Creating with glass<br />
24 Children’s fun; Understanding child care vouchers<br />
<strong>Essentially</strong> Community<br />
18 Deanshanger and Wicken Royal British Legion;<br />
Welcome to the Old Bath House & Community Centre<br />
20 The Bygone Stony Exhibition; New Bard for Stony Stratford<br />
40 Milton Keynes from birth to 50 – the first 10 years<br />
<strong>Essentially</strong> Health, Well-being & Sport<br />
8 Call for women to be bold<br />
12 Stony Stratford Bowls Club open day; Cyclists ride to Belgium<br />
13 Running for Willen Hospice<br />
14 Deanshanger Sports Club celebrates its’ 50th year; Run Stony<br />
16 Branch-out MK need your spare land<br />
<strong>Essentially</strong> Home & Garden<br />
6 Recipe – flapjacks<br />
42 Fighting back against rising energy bills<br />
44 Stony Stratford Floral Club<br />
46 Stony Stratford in Bloom<br />
48 Saying it with flowers<br />
<strong>Essentially</strong> Leisure<br />
6 Whose turn?; Castlethorpe Open Gardens<br />
20 Potterspury Players – take your seats!<br />
22 MK Biergarten Spring Beer Festival;<br />
44 Nature Day at the Urb Farm; Volunteers needed at Rushmere<br />
<strong>Essentially</strong> Pets<br />
10 RSPCA relies on local heroes; Why you aorta get your dog’s<br />
heart checked! Diabetes doesn’t need to be a CATastrophe!<br />
32 A cruel trade from Trading Standards<br />
Regulars<br />
22 Essential numbers<br />
23 Competition – Win a meal for two at Blue Mountain Yard Cafe<br />
26 What’s on<br />
50 Advertisers<br />
Where we Deliver…<br />
Towcester<br />
Paulerspury<br />
Alderton<br />
Yardley Gobion<br />
Potterspury<br />
Old Stratford<br />
Hanslope<br />
Castlethorpe<br />
Wolverton<br />
Deanshanger<br />
Wolverton Mill<br />
Stony Stratford<br />
Wicken<br />
Passenham<br />
Calverton<br />
Beachampton<br />
Hanslope Long Street<br />
Cosgrove<br />
Haversham<br />
Old Wolverton<br />
Hello Readers…<br />
Spring is in the air – days are getting longer<br />
and our beautiful flowers are blooming<br />
Mother’s Day is on 26 <strong>March</strong> – treat<br />
your mum and choose one of the displays<br />
offered by our amazing local florists and<br />
growers (page 9), or maybe afternoon<br />
tea at ARTea Room, Potterspury (page<br />
19)? Sunday lunch can be booked at The<br />
Bell Inn, Beachampton, The Crown, Stony<br />
Stratford and The White Lion, Wicken. Be<br />
quick though, to be sure of a table!<br />
Recent reports about increased prices on<br />
our fuels will mean that many of us will be<br />
finding ways to increase efficiency at home.<br />
Take a look on page 42 for the National<br />
Energy Foundation Energy Planner survey.<br />
The Blue Mountain Yard Café now offers<br />
evening opening. Enter the competition on<br />
page 23 for a chance of winning a meal for<br />
two at this excellenct Caribbean venue.<br />
If you enjoyed our Magical Christmas<br />
Drawing Competition I hope you enjoy<br />
the follow-up on page 8, which shows<br />
one of our young winners making his next<br />
masterpiece at Vitreus Art.<br />
There are also lots of events,<br />
stories and helpful articles, so<br />
why wouldn’t you keep your<br />
business <strong>Essentially</strong> <strong>Local</strong>?<br />
Emma – Editor<br />
Get in Touch…<br />
<strong>Essentially</strong> <strong>Local</strong><br />
The Office, 5 The Stocks,<br />
Cosgrove, Milton Keynes MK19 7JD<br />
Tel: 01908 380777<br />
Email: info@essentiallylocal.co.uk<br />
Website: www.essentiallylocal.co.uk<br />
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