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JULY 2016 Inside: Local News Features – Histories & Mysteries – Food – Puzzles Attention all Landlords! You are invited to a FREE Landlords Open Day At our Newcastle branch on Saturday 9th July, 10am - 4pm Please call in or contact Stefan Knapper on 01782 622155 for more details Your award-winning local estate agent 36 High Street, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 1QL Tel: 01782 622155 www.buttersjohnbee.com See inside for more details An independent magazine for the local community delivered to 10,000 homes and businesses in Clayton, The Westlands, Westbury Park and Thistleberry. What’s in this month ... 4 Lower Back Pain? 6 Open Day for Landlords 8 Westbridge Furniture 10 Wines Etc - Gin Showcase If you have any news, events or anything else that 12 Like a bit of Spice? you would like to see included in the next issue 14 Local History please contact: [email protected] 16 Cool Facts 18 Gemstone of the Month 20 Newcastle Town Centre Junction 15 Limited 22 St. Luke’s Hartwell, Harrowby Drive, The Westlands ST5 3JU 24 Spear Travels Advertising & Editorial, 26 Pattens – Wolstanton & Stone What’s On and General Enquiries: 28 Horoscopes 01782 625 482 or 07511 452 598 30 Gardening Features Editor: 32 Recipe [email protected] • 07511 452 598 34 Stinging Nettle Uses Design: 36 FJ Flooring, Harlo Sliding Doors [email protected] • 07787 334 218 38 Puzzle Page 40 Getaway Corner We would like to thank all the businesses who have advertised in Junction 15 and/or provided 42 Kids’ Page content. Every care is taken to ensure accuracy but Junction 15 cannot accept responsibility for any loss damage or omission in any advert or editorial. Junction 15 does not officially endorse 44 Newcastle Recycling any material included within this publication. All rights reserved. No part of this publication maybe reproduced, or stored without the prior consent of the publisher. All competition entrants 46 Newcastle Museum details may be supplied to the advertiser. By entering any competition you have agreed for your details to be passed on if requested. Artwork is accepted on the condition it has permission for 48 Important numbers & Puzzle Answers use in the publication. Please follow on facebook Any Special Offers posted 2-4 High Street, MAY BANK Newcastle under Lyme, ST5 0JB When you are looking for just the right outfit for a special occasion, people will always think of She Devil. Over the years the shop has built up a widespread reputation for the quality and vast range of outfits it sells and has a loyal set of customers who return again and again. Set out over two spacious floors, with wifi and free refreshments, all within an ambient atmosphere, She Devil offers a vast range and choice thats second to none. In addition to a fantastic range of outfits for every occasion, there is a large selection of hats, fascinators, jewellery bags and shoes. Tel. 01782 710998 GREAT www.shedevilclothing.co.uk SUMMER SALE OPENING TIMES: Mon-Sat: 10.00am - 5.00pm STARTS Sunday: 11.00am - 3.00pm WEDS 29 JUNE! JUNCTION 15 JULY 2016 3 Is Your Office Job Putting Your Back At Risk? Lower back pain is one of the most common work-related health complaints, especially among those who spend long periods of time working at a desk. Most of the time, these painful back injuries are caused by preventative factors – such as working for too long without breaks or sitting in the wrong positions. Here we highlight 7 simple ways that you can avoid the wrath of office-related back pain: 1: Keep your mouse at close distance 5: Take a break! Not many people associate mouse work with Deadlines and heavy workloads often mean back pain but if your mouse is too far away, you many office workers work through their breaks could end up overreaching and twisting your and push themselves to their limits, but your shoulder and arm when you work. Regularly health is more important than your work. Taking doing this can lead to neck and back pain. breaks at least once every hour - even just to To avoid picking up a painful strain, place your walk around or do a few shoulder rolls – will mouse right next to your keyboard so that it’s at reduce the pressure on your spinal discs and the most comfortable position for you to work. boost your circulation. You’ll also feel more 2: Breathe from your stomach focused energised (which won’t go down too As you work away at your desk, focus on pulling badly with your boss!). in your belly towards your spine on each inhale. 6: Remember the “90 degree rule” Doing this will strengthen your core muscles Try and sit with your knees at a 90 degree which play a major part in supporting the upper angle (so that your knees are directly over your body. ankles). This simple tip will help to keep your 3: Sit close to your desk spine in a natural upright position. Sitting too far away from your desk could mean 7: Work your shoulders you excessively stretch to reach your work tools. Shoulders bear the brunt of a lot of the body’s Ideally, your torso should be an arm’s length tension so remember to give them some TLC away from your computer screen. This will help as you graft away at your computer. Learn how you to avoid excessive reaching and twisting to perform some self-massage techniques and which are both common causes of back injuries. regularly roll your shoulders back and down. 4: Think on your feet Try these small but highly effective measures Think about what your feet are doing while the next time you get to the office – you’ll you’re typing away at your keyboard; their probably be surprised at how much more position could be putting your back health at comfortable and productive you’ll be! risk. Make sure that you keep your feet flat on the floor at shoulder-width apart. This will reduce tension in your ankles and knees. If you have any concerns or problems then please give us a call on (01782) 711191 or (01782) 848184 4 JULY 2016 JUNCTION 15 “Celebrating 24 years in practice!” BACK PAIN DON’T PUT UP WITH IT! £10 ONLY ON YOUR FIRST VISIT We are offering a consultation, thorough neurological and orthopaedic examination plus digital posture analysis Cut out and bring along this voucher to entitle you to this discount – offer expires 31.07.16 Award Winning Clinics and J U N C T I OLongestN 1 5 Established ClinicsA inP R ItheL 2 0area1 4 | 15 Free Open Day for Landlords One of the area’s leading Lettings Agents, butters john bee is holding a unique Open Day for Landlords. The Open Day takes place at their Newcastle branch on Saturday, 9th July from 10am until 4pm with their specialist ARLA qualified letting team on hand to help you. In addition, there will be financial, tax and legal advisors available to provide free information and advice throughout the day. Letting your property can be a complex process; over the last 12 months more new legislation and regulations have been introduced than the previous 10 years combined! It is an ideal time to hold an Open Day to provide Landlords and potential buy to let property owners with the very best, up-to-date advice. butters john bee currently manage over 1000 industry and some letting companies try to attract properties and ensure Landlords meet their legal Landlords with ridiculously low fees. Unfortunately, obligations. Penalties for non-compliance can be their lack of experience can leave Landlords exposed severe. Their experienced, qualified team make sure to legal problems. At bjb, we are dedicated to you are doing everything the law requires. providing competitive fees with the highest levels All landlords and potential property investors are of professionalism and customer service. Some welcome at the butters john bee event. They offer Landlords don’t realise they can switch their letting a free Letting Agent switch service for Landlords agent in the middle of a contract. Our switching team in existing arrangements, who may need a more are highly experienced in this area and can easily sort specialised team. bjb Business Development out the entire process with no hassle. On the day, we Manager, Paul Lucas said: “Many Landlords have are offering substantial discounts and free information found this service extremely useful. It’s a cut-throat packs to all new Landlords in attendance. The event gives everyone the opportunity to meet fellow local Landlords, swap ideas and give direction on where the local property market is going.” Anyone interested is welcome to call into the High Street branch of butters john bee Newcastle, between 10am and 4pm on Saturday 9th July. Light refreshments will be available throughout the day. You can find out more by calling Stefan Knapper on 01782 622155. 6 JULY 2016 JUNCTION 15 WESTBRIDGE FURNITURE DESIGNS LTD IS A MANUFACTURER OF QUALITY SOFAS AND OTHER UPHOLSTERY PRODUCTS FOR SOME OF THE UK’S BIGGEST & BEST HIGH STREET DEPARTMENT STORES. NB. Contractual Sensitivity to their well known customers brands excludes us from naming them directly. Westbridge follow strict codes of conduct in the agreements they have with them, so a visit to the factory shop is essential to realise the full extent of the quality and savings. The Westbridge factory outlet at Meir Westbridges Factory Outlet is open 7 days a Park, allows the public to access & buy week at Meir Park and the showroom has a huge Sofas and Chairs at hugely discounted range of quality furniture on display.