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Sue took at adeep breath when she do youthink youare playing at?’ sawher fiancé, Matthew standing outside ‘Whatdoyou mean?’ the registryoffice. She wasshocked to Thebest man, John, came over and see him dressed in ashinywhiteshirt addressed Matthew.‘Ihonestly didn’t with blue stars,canarycoloured trousers think youwould do it.’ and ridiculously absurdfluorescentgreen shoes with yellowlaces.Then again, Sue pulled afaceathis friend.‘So,you beforehemet her,hehad worked as a had something do with this.’ clown with atravelling circus.This wasthe ‘Last nightatthe stag party,wedared first time ’dshe seen his clown’s costume. him to do it.’ Normally anything Matthew did made her Matthew fiddled with the stitching on laugh but whywas he playing around like the enormous blue star on the frontofhis this on their wedding day? shirt. ‘Sorry Sue,but at least Ididn’t paint Therewas so much laughterfromtheir my faceand wear the wig.’ guests as well as the pedestrians passing Matthew gave aquick tug and the by.Motorists beeped their horns and even loosely fitting garments fell to the floor apoliceman wavedatthem. Her parents revealing he wasdressed in smartsuit, looked shocked to see Matthew turnup shirtand tie.His fiancéstartedtogiggle dressed as acircus entertainer.All that and gave him ahug. wasmissing wasthe crazycar with the Matthew held Sue’s hand as he limped noisy exhaust and the bucket of glitter the last fewyards with the aid of his stick thatclowns throw at the audience. to the registryofficedoors.‘Is it hurting a Sue grabbed Matthew’s armpossibly lot?’ toofirmly and whispered in his ear,‘What

Photo: Asier_Relampagoestudio / Freepik ‘No morethan usual –I’m fine.’ One highly coloured picture Afterthe ceremonyeveryone made immediately drew his eye. He shouted out their wayout into the warm sunshine. excitedly,‘That’s my costume.I’d know Therewas amomentofpanic as Matthew those blue stars with the redoutlines realised he didn’t have his clown’s clothes anywhere. Andthe trousers,canary or shoes.His friends hadn’t picked them yellow. Look,see my shoes,mycrazy up.Asearch of the area wasmade,tono green shoes.Whoever took them must avail. have been the artist.’ Matthew’s last link to his circus days had gone.Now all he had were his Just beforeMatthew’s fifty-fifth memories. birthdayhewas elatedtodiscover a DespiteMatthew’s search and mysteryparcelonhis doorstep.The involvementofthe police, the clothes contents included his clowns outfit and a were never returned.Henever forgot notethatsimply read:‘Sorry’. the importanceofwhathe’dlost.Ithad In his mind,hewas onceagain back been the costume he waswearing forhis in the Big-Topmaking people laugh and last performance, on the afternoon that enjoying everymoment. He also recalled changed his life. the events of the afternoon his career ended.After the showhehad helped outside the tent directing cars as they Thecolourful clown’s outfit and shoes leftthe busy field.Still dressed in his had been removedfromthe pavementby wonderful showclothes,he’dmanaged to ayoung artstudentwho took them home save ayoung child’s life. to showher parents.They suggested she paintapicturedepicting acircus scene. Thenewspaper clipping thathestill Howfunnythis clown must have looked kept read:‘Braveclown saves boyfrom with his facepaintedand frizzyblue hair. falling intothe path of acar leaving the Howmanytimes had he thrilled young circus.The child wasunhurt. Unfortunately, children and their parents? It wasashame Mr Matthew Stevens of Banburysuffered she never tried to track down the owner multiple injuries to his leg which had to be of the garments. amputated.’ Thestudentproduced awonderful painting thatsecured first prizefor the most promising UK young artist.Itwas eventually included in abook featuring the historyofcircus clowns.

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Politician and author,hewas bornin Rose wasinvolved in sending the inaugural ,but spentmuchofhis life in penal ships (the‘First Fleet’) to Australia. In Christchurch. George Rose MP (1744-1818) 1788, Rose wasMPfor Lymington, and then, wasbornjust prior to the last of the Jacobite in 1790, Christchurch. Rebellions and died just afterthe conclusion Rose held various offices in different of the Napoleonic Wars. administrations,including thatofSpencer Born theson of areverend,George Rose Perceval,the only British Prime Minister to mayhave been descended from the have been assassinated(in 1812). In 1807, aristocratic Marchmontfamily (his father Rose wasasked to instituteanew group, wasallegedly the 3rdEarl’sillegitimate along with Edward Jenner,the smallpox son). This is getting off to arollicking start. pioneer,toensuremass vaccination Whatever the truth of thatrumour, there against the disease.The National Vaccine would be aclose connection between the Establishmentwas set up the following year. twofamilies,withGeorge benefiting from When Rose died in 1818, he wasTreasurer ‘preferment’,becoming the Earl’sexecutor of the Navy,aposthe’dheld since1807, and and picking up his library(as youdo).It MP forChristchurch, aseathe’doccupied for wasa‘curious and valuable collection of 28 years.Iunderstand he passed away at his manuscripts’apparently.How Iwould have house in Lyndhurst, but thathe’sburied in lovedtohavegot my mitts on that. Christchurch Priory,along with other family Rose wasinthe RoyalNavy, departing in members.Asalongstanding Christchurch 1762 (aged 18-ish) having been wounded MP,healso had his pile here, which waslate- in the West Indies.Hemarried Theodora 18th century‘Sandhills’, in , which Duer (1769), with whom he had three is the centrepieceofaholidayparktoday. children. Rose servedinthe civil service He wasalsobehind building the King’s Arms beforebecoming aMember of Parliament in the town. in 1784, when he was40-odd.Hewas MP In addition to his other accomplishments, forLaunceston (Cornwall) at this stage, Rose wasamate of Nelson, and wasinvited the Prime Minister being William Pitt the on board‘Victory’beforethe Admiral sailed Younger,who’d become our youngest-ever to Trafalgar (1805). As such, Rose is regarded PM theprevious year,aged just 24. In 1787, as the last person in to have seen Nelson alive. AfterNelson’s demise,Rose became executor to his mistress,Emma Hamilton, and guardian of his daughter, Horatia. Rose fraternised in rarefied circles and also numbered King George III amongst his palsT . he king,one of our longest reigning,patronised the town in the 1790s, visiting Rose at Sandhills.

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Method • Heat the oven to Gas 3/140 C • Grease and line a 20cm () cake tin • Place the raisins and the cider in a saucepan and simmer over a medium heat until the raisins start to plump up as they absorb the cider • Break the eggs into a large mixing bowl. Stir in the brown sugar. Mix in the ground almonds. Add the flour, baking powder, xantum gum and cinnamon and stir. • Add the raisin mixture to the bowl and stir thoroughly • Place the butter in the saucepan and slowly melt. • Peel, core and slice the cooking apple and stir in to the flour and raisin mixture. • Pour in the melted butter and mix again. • Place the mixture in the cake tin and roughly even out but dont smooth the mixture completely. • Sprinkle on a little sugar and some more cinnamon and bake for 1 ¾ hours. Check the cake is cooked by inserting a skewer which should come out clean.

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Canadian scientists have researched into Kyle McMahon featured in an Oprah special the effectofgrowing up in fatherless event Fatherless Sons back in 2013. He talked households.Theysay:“Growing up without emotionally about trying to fill thatvoid that afather permanently alters the structureof wasthe shape of the idea of his father.Kyle, the brain and produces children who are as well as most other fatherless sons,was moreaggressive”,Ben Spencer, TheDaily missing the unknown, and the unknown Mail,4December 2013. Dr Gobbi of McGill scared him and ateintohim constantly.Who UniversityinCanada found thatthe main washis father? What did he look like? What impacts were seen in the prefrontal cortex, washis voicelike? What did he enjoydoing? which controls social and cognitiveactivity. What would he think about him? Research wascarried out on miceand can be compared with the social behaviour of Thesix knowneffectsofgrowing up without children, the researcher claims.This is the adad are: first time the neurobiology effectonpaternal 1. More likely to be aggressive deprivation has been proved. 2. More likely to be depressed TheCenterfor Social Justicepublished 3. More likely to have lowself-esteem figures in 2013 and reports thatmorethan 1 4. More likely to do poorly at school million British children livewithout afather 5. More likely to be incarceratedand to or amale role model,afigurewhich is rising commit suicide by 20,000 ayear – sothatmakes another 6. More likely to use drugs 120,000 fatherless children today. Thereport found thatsome of the poorest parts of the These areall very negativeand potentially countryare becoming“man deserts”with catastrophic effects indeed.The fatherless chronically fewmen around.Inone ward in label is oftentoo oversimplified.However, Sheffield,75% of households areheaded by a we have to remember thatachild is not single parent, most commonly women. doomed growing up without afather.There arecoping strategies thatcan be taken such as looking foremotional supportfrom friends,teachers and family.Lifeisateam sport. Many boys feel unwantedand they can thereforebecome introverted.However,they can learnhow to battle their demons.Each boyhas thechoicetoswim or sink in life. According to Dr Mark Borg Jr,PhD and author of Howweuse dysfunctional relationships to hide from intimacy,fatherless children oftencompensate forwhatthey feel,think and believeismissing from their life. They mightcompensate,become ascapegoat, take avictim mentalityand much worse.“It is importanttoexpress feelings rather than act them out”–Isee this as his most important pieceofadviceand key to breaking out of the cycle. Hereare my suggestions forhow youcan try and deal with fatherlessness:

•Connectwith counselling and support groups – you arefar from on your own. Identify role models in your community and find mentoring programmes.You will learntointerpret the past in order to move towards abrighterfuture.

•Acknowledge your anger and hurt feelings.Ingeneral,males choose atough exterior while the anger is raging on the inside.Communicate your feelings from your heartrather than just expressing them. Be free to grow. Photo: Reid Zura

•Forgive anyone who has caused harm to you. We arethe ultimate forgers of our My final commentisfrommyheart, owndestiny. Forgivethe storyofyour reminding us all thereare manylosersin father’s departureand forgivethe past. family breakups – the children without “Createyour ownfuture” is the key mantra fathers,bothboysand girls. Thefathers are in positiveself-development. also victims,too,ifthe marriage breakup createsnegativefeelings among the parents. •Pain caused by an absentfather is like Fartoo often, fathers areleftunable to see no other pain youhaveeverfelt.Try to their child (as with mothers). These wounds ownthe pain by standing in your own hit afamily on several generational levels. reality. Always remember the reason why Personally,Iknowseveral fathers unable to your father leftisnot about youoralack see their children. Many areleftdepressed in you. Embraceyour heartthrough love, or experiencephysical illnesses due to not hate. heartbreak.

Lis offers an evening talk, Forgiveness offers everything youwant, which will take placeinHighcliffeon Wednesday Hey “Dad” 18th September from 7.30-9 pm @£8 only,including refreshments.

Idid it without you Lis Horwich Empowermentcoach, author,workshop leader and speaker on holistic topics. www.lishorwich.co.uk Thefamous American baseball player, Lebron [email protected] James,wrote in an Instagramcomment:“I 01425 280678 will never be able to offer the worldmybest based on the hatred of another.Especially not the hatred of my father”. 58 59 PrioryVet Group, 59 Purewell,Christchurch BH23 1EN. Tel: 01202484466. Email: [email protected] Website: www.prioryvetgroup.com

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Hardy is a13year old Yorkshireterrier who visited us at Priory VeterinaryGroup because his owners noticed he wasfinding it hard work to breathe.Our vetexamined Hardy and discovered he had aheart murmur and adistended abdomen. We performed an ultrasound scan which revealed alarge volume of fluid around his heart. This is called apericardial effusion. This fluid builds up between the heartand its external sac putting pressureonthe heart. If left untreated, this can be fatal. Thankfully the surgerywentwell and Hardy Wee sedat dHardy and drained the fluid recovered even better than we anticipated, which relieved the pressureonthe heart walking out to the garden just 3hours post- and made him morecomfortable.Oncehe op! He washospitalised for4daysfor routine wasstable,vet Jess (who has acertificate pain relief and regular draining of his chest in cardiology) performed afull heartscan via adrain insertedduringsurgery.Thanks to to identify whathad caused the effusion to our outstanding team and our out-of-hours develop.She found thatHardy had atumour serviceHardy wasable to have top-level care on the base of his heart. Not only had this throughout his treatmentwithout needing caused the fluid to build up in the heartsac referral or moving to adifferentpractice. but it wasalso compressing one of the main arteries. Following his op we areoptimistic thatHardy will liveout the rest of his days unaffectedby Hardy’s heartcondition wasmonitored the benigngrowth on his heart. We areproud carefully over the following weeks while to be able to treatthese complexcases at discussing his options.Whilst heartbase Prioryvet group with the careand attention tumours areusually benigncancers,the they require(dayand night!) and we would position of the mass meantthatwithout like to thank Hardy’s owners fortheir trust in further treatmentthe fluid would re-form. leaving their precious boyinour care. He is a Theaverage survival times forthese cases true champion! is only around 42 days.After talking to the owners and considering Hardy’s welfareand characteritwas decided we had to give this little man achancetodobetter! We decided to perform apericardectomy on Hardy to remove his pericardium and thereforeprevent the build-up of fluid around his heart. This wasavery nerve- racking surgeryfor our team as,oncethe chest cavityisentered,the nurses have to breathe forHardy by ventilatinghis lungs. 61 62 63 64