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Tuesday (February 25). 22 GROWING PEOPLE: Stuart Bryan visits a local farm 47 that nurtures humans as well as crops and livestock. 22 REGULARS 30 LOVE YOU: A cuddly Alan Coxon celebrates the Vale Weather .......................... 9 month of Valentine’s Day, as a fitting rejoinder to Hemming’s Way...................... 10 January’s eeksome National Divorce Day (no de- Soccermouth .......................... 14 thorned roses for that one). Win a Music Voucher .............. 15 Vale Magazine Quiz ................ 20 Food & Eating Out .................. 29 42 A TEARDROP IN A PEAR TREE: Harry Green Win a Meal for Two ................ 29 MBE mourns the loss of a childhood - and flocks of Sudoku.................................... 30 birds - friend. Vale Walk ................................ 32 Vale Leisuretime ...................... 36 Thinkers’ Corner .................... 38 47 LISTEN AND LEARN: We asked what sage advice Health, Hair & Beauty.............. 39 you’d give to your 14-year-old self, if you could. Runic Ron................................ 40 Bird of Month.......................... 42 ACTION STATIONS: Andy Pedrick’s tick list for winter jobs... and he’s Vale Vox Pop .......................... 47 56 Business & Professional ............ 50 on border patrol for a reader. Vale Gardening ........................ 53 Pershore Notebook ................ 54 58 IN WITH THE NEW: Barrie Baldelli picks out some up and coming Vale Motoring.......................... 58 motors that aim to embrace environment lovers. Directory ................................ 61 CONTRIBUTORS HOW TO CONTACT US 16 Cotswold & Vale Magazine, Enterprise Centre, Lynne Powell (Editor) Mark Hamblin Vale Business Park, Evesham, Worcs. WR11 1GS Maureen Butler Rob Hemming Tel: 01386 41144 email: [email protected] Barrie Baldelli Juliette Kemp www.valemagazine.org Stuart Bryan Tony Lane Michael Barnard Andy Pedrick Published by Perfect Image UK Ltd. Chris Brown Ian Pickering HOW TO SUBSCRIBE To advertise in our Alan Coxon Zoe Print Please send a cheque/P.O. for £25 to the above address next issue please tel. Alice Gillman Ian Tustin (rate includes postage, UK mainland only, packing and Harry Green MBE Val Wood administration and is for one year - 11 issues). Please make 01386 41144 Gary Hale cheques/P.O. payable to: Cotswold & Vale Magazine. Please note that all words, photographs and designs contained in this publication are the copyright of Perfect Image Cotswold & UK Ltd. and Cotswold & Vale Magazine. No part of the Magazine may be reproduced without prior consent of the publisher. We make every effort to ensure that the contents of this Magazine are accurate at the time of going to press. 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