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The VILLAGER Issue 101 - April 2017 and Town Life LOCAL NEWS • LOCAL PEOPLE • LOCAL SERVICES • LOCAL CHARITIES • LOCAL PRODUCTS In this issue Win Tickets to see The Saw Doctors Who do you think we are? Win £25 in our Prize Crossword Bringing Local Business to Local People in Langford, Henlow, Shefford, Stanford, Hinxworth, Ickleford, Caldecote, Radwell, Fairfield Park, Shillington, Pirton, Upper and Lower Stondon, Gravenhurst, Holwell, Meppershall, Baldock, Stotfold, Arlesey, Hitchin & Letchworth Your FREEcopy The Old White Horse • 1 High Street • Biggleswade • SG18 0JE Tel: 01767 314344 www.lolineinteriors.co.uk e: [email protected] 2 Please mention The Villager and Town Life when responding to adverts The VILLAGER Issue 101 - April 2017 and Town Life LOCAL NEWS • LOCAL PEOPLE • LOCAL SERVICES • LOCAL CHARITIES • LOCAL PRODUCTS In this issue Win Tickets to see The Saw Doctors Who do you think we are? Win £25 in our Prize Crossword Bringing Local Business to Local People in Langford, Henlow, Shefford, Stanford, Hinxworth, Ickleford, Caldecote, Radwell, Fairfield Park, Shillington, Pirton, Upper and Lower Stondon, Gravenhurst, Holwell, Meppershall, Baldock, Stotfold, Arlesey, Hitchin & Letchworth Your Contents FREEcopy A M Optometrists ....................................................................40 The Garage Shefford Ltd Fuchsia Perfect ........................................................................42 Flower Power ..........................................................................45 John Bunyan Boat ...................................................................48 22 R.A.T.S. ....................................................................................51 Animal Stories .........................................................................53 New Audi Q5 ...........................................................................54 Fun Quiz ..................................................................................56 Puzzle Page .............................................................................60 What’s On ................................................................................62 Nick Coffer’s Weekend Recipe ..................................................65 Time for Tea ...............................................................................4 They Drive Amongst Us ...........................................................67 Amateur Photographers ............................................................8 Wordsearch .............................................................................68 Win Tickets to see The Saw Doctors Live ..................................10 Prize Crossword .......................................................................74 The Grand National .................................................................13 Book Review ...........................................................................77 Lake Atitlan - Guatemala.........................................................14 Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Unveil Rebrand ......................16 Shakespeare Day .....................................................................18 The Garage Shefford Ltd ..........................................................22 Wine: If it sparkles ...................................................................25 There’s a Beer for That .............................................................26 Tips for Looking Good in Spring ...............................................28 Eat and Drink Yourself to Fitness..............................................32 Who do you think we are? .......................................................34 St George’s Day ........................................................................37 A M Optometrists 40 Employment Matters ..............................................................38 9,500 copies delivered free of charge in the following areas: Henlow, Langford, Astwick, Edworth, Hinxworth, Caldecote, Newnham, Radwell, Bygrave, Shillington, Holwell, Pirton, Upper and Lower Stondon, Shefford, Ashwell End and Stanford (Further bulk drops are made to local shops and busineses in Arlesey, Upper and Lower Stondon, Shefford, Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin and Stotfold) Editorial - Catherine Rose, Kate McLelland, Sarah Davey, Publishers Solange Hando, Susan Brookes-Morris, Trevor Langley, RSPCA, Villager Publications Ltd Jennie Billings, Carol H Scott, Rachael Leverton, Pippa Greenwood, 24 Market Square, Potton, Bedfordshire SG19 2NP James Baggott, Nick Coffer, Kate Duggan, Tel: 01767 261122 and There’s A Beer for That [email protected] www.villagermag.com Advertising Sales/Local Editorial Nigel Frost - 01767 261122 [email protected] Disclaimer - All adverts and editorial are printed in good faith, however, Villager Publications Ltd can not take any responsibility for the Photography content of the adverts, the services provided by the advertisers or any Ingrid Balabanova and Darren Harbar Photography statements given in the editorial. No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored without the express permission of the publisher. Design and Artwork - Design 9 Tel 07762 969460 To advertiseAdvert in Booking The Villager Deadline and Town Friday Life 7th please April call 2017 01767 261122 Artwork Deadline Friday 7th April 2017 3 History By Catherine Rose Time for Tea Tea has been enjoyed all over the world for more frequent them, could enjoy it at home. It soon than a millennium but the English only adopted became popular for wives to host tea parties with it as their own around four hundred years ago. their friends where tea was brewed and drunk Believed to have originated in Southern China, black, often with sugar or honey added. tea drinking dates back to around 3000 BC. Tea was very much the privilege of the wealthy. It However, it didn’t become popular in England was expensive to import and seen as a valuable until the 17th century, when it was made commodity. It would be kept locked inside ornate fashionable by King Charles II and his Portuguese caddies. Matching teapots, cups and saucers wife Catherine de Braganza, who brought it over were prized possessions to be flaunted and to the Royal court from her native country. cherished and there were many different designs Coffee houses had recently been established in manufactured in bone china during this time. London and were popular haunts of middle class The London Tea Auction was a hub of gentlemen who went there to relax or conduct international tea trade. It was set up in 1706 and business. The custom of tea drinking was quickly continued until as late as 1998 (with a break introduced. Samuel Pepys referred to it in his during the Second World War). diary of 1660: ‘…I did send for a cup of tee (a Because tea was so expensive, the tea smuggling China drink) of which I never had drank before’. trade flourished and it wasn’t uncommon for Tea would be brewed in the coffee houses tea leaves to be adulterated with all sorts of early in the morning and kept in barrels. Cups unpleasant (and even poisonous) substances. The of it would then be re-heated and served over addition of milk therefore became increasingly the course of the day. The coffee houses also popular as it would help to improve the taste of a sold loose leaf tea so that women, who did not poor-quality tea. 4 Please mention The Villager and Town Life when responding to adverts Insuring your future... today! Income Protection Your local Mortgage Adviser with access to Accident 1000’s of products. 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Tel: 020 36930544 Company number 07737045 To advertise in The Villager and Town Life please call 01767 261122 5 In 1785, following pressure from tea merchants cake would do the job nicely. Soon friends were who were suffering due to the high incidence joining her for ‘afternoon tea’ at her home in of tea smuggling, the government, led by Prime Woburn Abbey and, thanks to her frequent Minister William Pitt the Younger, slashed the trips to London, the custom grew to become high import tax on tea, making it much more a fashionable social event amongst the upper affordable to the masses. Thus, tea drinking grew classes, with the addition of pastries and scones in popularity amongst all classes, and it became making it quite a substantial meal. common for servants to be allocated a tea During the Victorian era, a wider selection of tea allowance. began to be imported from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Not everyone was happy about tea-drinking no and India. 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