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It’s a pleasure to be bringing you the March issue of Your Benfleet & Hadleigh knowing that Spring is in the air! Why not take some time to look at the

bulbs that are now flowering around the

churchyard at St Mary’s. The first bulbs were

planted for the Queen’s Jubilee and more have

been planted every year.

5th March marks the official launch of the

Benfleet Community Archive. It is a digital

archive dedicated to collecting

photographs, documents and memories of

Benfleet’s history.

If you have any old photos of South

Benfleet, any memories you would like to

share or if you can help in any

way email: [email protected] or

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Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh! to convert the pagan Irish to

Christianity. First though, he

resumed his studies in France

and was eventually made a

bishop, whereupon he finally

returned to Ireland.

The High King of Tara was the

most powerful man in Ireland

and was initially angered by

Patrick’s arrival, but the

bishop’s quiet confidence in his

faith won him over and the

King gave Patrick permission to

preach Christianity around the land.

St. Patrick is famous for having used the

shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity,

“There is one stem but there are three leaves

on it. So it is with the Blessed Trinity. There

is one God but three persons stemming from

the same divinity.”

He’s also famous for having banished snakes

from Ireland though in fact this story is

symbolic. The snake was a symbol of

paganism and was therefore ‘banished’ only

by way of being replaced with the Christian

cross.

Patrick died on March 17th, 461AD and is

believed to buried in Downpatrick, Northern

Ireland.

Today St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated

enthusiastically even by people who’ve

never set foot on the Emerald Isle. It’s a

chance for everyone to celebrate their love of

Ireland and all things Irish.

Why not join in the celebrations. Order a

green beer, a Guinness or an Irish Whiskey

in your local Irish pub, then raise your glass

and shout Sláinte...that’s “cheers” to you and

me!

Which, roughly translated, is “St Patrick’s

Day blessings upon you all.”

March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day. Patrick is the

patron saint of Ireland (both Northern

Ireland and Eire). You may be surprised to

learn though that he wasn’t Irish at all. He

was in fact English!

So how did an Englishman become the

symbol of all things Irish?

Patrick’s early life was the stuff of a boy’s

own adventure. He was kidnapped as a

teenager and sold as a slave in Ireland. There

he worked as a shepherd, in harsh

conditions, for six years. Then one night, so

the story goes, he heard God speak to him

and tell him it was time to escape. This he

did and he travelled back to Britain by boat.

Once there though he was recaptured and

returned to slavery. But Patrick didn’t give

up. He escaped again, this time successfully,

and journeyed through Europe before he

finally settled in a French monastery, where

he trained to be a priest. Then he returned to

Britain.

One night he heard voices calling him back

to Ireland. He decided that his mission was


The Orpheus Singers

Since we introduced you to ladies choir, The Orpheus Singers back in 2009, the group has continued to go from strength to strength.

The size of the choir now ranges from 130 to

150 members and the music they are now

producing is very much more complex and

challenging than in earlier days. For

instance, in October last year they took part

in Classic FM’s “123 Sing” Charity event

singing pieces from Handel’s “Messiah.”

This was followed in early January with a

very special re-scheduled Joint

Christmas Concert with the Leigh Orpheus

Male Voice Choir. The audience numbered

400 people and they performed very difficult

excerpts from Benjamin Britten’s

“Ceremony of Carols.” Although it was a

very challenging time for the choir, they

worked extremely hard at mastering this

work, together with polishing their

performance of the pieces from Handel’s

“Messiah” and all the other usual Christmas

carols. It was extremely well received by the

audience and one person even wrote to the

choir afterwards and said, “Just asking you

to let everyone in the choir know that my

wife and I felt that last night’s concert was

one of the best balanced in every respect that

we have been to in many months. If the

attendance last night (both of performers and

audience) continues then we will have to

build bigger halls. Good luck.” LOMVC

Patron, George Turner.

Back in the Spring of 2010, the choir went

on tour to Stratford-upon-Avon and

performed at Holy Trinity Church in aid of

the “Help For Heroes” Fund. Also in that

year, they held several concerts for local

charities as well as becoming a registered

charity - No:1137448.

In April this year, the choir will be going on

tour to Ilfracombe in Devon and will

be singing in more venues than last year,

some of which will be jointly performed

with male voice choirs from that area. In the

summer this year, they intend to make a CD

with the Leigh Orpheus Male Voice Choir

to help raise funds for the Charity “Bosom

Pals.” The CD will contain around half an

hour of their “finest and best” with the men’s

choir doing the same.

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Benfleet was a horse and cart provided

by George Land. It was also the first

building in Benfleet to be lit by gas.

In 1924, the Anchor became home to

Benfleet’s first voluntary fire brigade

which consisted simply of a handcart

until enough money had been collected

to buy the first engine in 1925. Also in

the early 1920,s, the Post Office was

part of the building with the sorting

office being in the yard in a converted

stable.

We learn quite a lot about the activities that

took place at the Anchor Inn through Iris

Sugg’s book “Memories of Benfleet.”* As a

child, Iris lived above what was often called

the “Cottage Shop.” Her bedroom looked

towards the Anchor and she would spend

many hours watching the comings and goings

of the establishment.

Iris remembers, “Ted Land owned the Inn

when I was a child. He had no legs and rode

around in a bath chair. On the footrest where

his feet would have been he always had a pet

lamb to keep him company. On occasions,

the rear of the Anchor was used as a knackers

yard where poor worn out horses were

brought to be shot.”

*Memories of Benfleet is an autobiography written by Benfleet resident Iris Sugg with proceeds go to Save the

Children.

Continuing with our Public House theme from last month, we look at the

Anchor Public House.

The building where The Anchor Inn is now

was built in 1380 and was most likely built

as a Court House. Historians have made this

assumption due to the high standard of the

workmanship that went into the construction

of the building and the fact that it was built

at the time of a Peasant’s Revolt. Men were

protesting about the very first poll taxes and

had burnt the existing courtrooms near the

church to the ground. It is believed that The

Anchor building replaced it.

During renovations to the building in 1989,

ornate medieval windows were discovered

facing the stables across the yard. This has

led historians to believe that what is now the

front of the building was originally the

back.

When first recorded as a Public House, it

was called the “Blue Anchor.” The Inn

was very much the centre of village life for

centuries, especially when George Land

and his wife Sarah took over in 1875.

George and Sarah had three sons and a

daughter and the family ran the pub up

until 1964. The well at the Anchor was the

main water supply until about 1899 and in

the 1880’s the only public transport in


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The Puss In Boots Appeal was started after a

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December. The silver tabby was hit by a car

on the London Road in Westcliff-on-Sea and

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By the end of last year, the bill for Puss in

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THE MAYOR’S PARLOUR COMPETITION

Castle Point based charity, The Art Ministry, ran an art competition for Year 6 pupils from local Junior schools to produce a picture for the

Mayor's Parlour.

The brief was to depict anything relevant to

the Castle Point area and the finished works

were exhibited from the 8th to the 12th of

November in the Atrium at Castle Point

Council Offices.

The Mayor chose the two winning pictures

which were framed and hung. He presented a

certificate to the winners who were

Westwood School and Leigh Beck School.

Congratulations to both schools, and thank

you to all the children who took part – your

paintings were exceptional – well done!

When the Mayor finishes his reign, the

framed pictures will be presented to the

schools in question. Another competition is

hoped to take place in June for the new

Mayor.

The Art Ministry provides art as therapy for

disabled individuals in the community and is

based in Thundersley.

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About 60% of us are, apparently, deficient in

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pressure, stronger bones, better immunity

and help for asthma, type 2 diabetes and

possibly even a lower risk of heart disease

and certain cancers.

Vitamin D is necessary for the absorption

and utilisation of calcium, so you need

adequate amounts of vitamin D for healthy

bones. A deficiency of vitamin D in children

will cause rickets in children and

osteomalacia (soft bones) in adults.

I heard of Vitamin D deficiency from a

friend in Sydney, Australia. He was

suffering from unexplained pain in his chest

and other parts of his body. This young man

isn’t the outdoor type. He travels to work in

a car, gets out in an underground car park

both at work and at home, wears sunblock if

outdoors so his skin was rarely in natural

sunlight. Our bodies manufacture their own

vitamin D and sunlight stimulates our bodies

to make the production process happen.

Unfortunately, sitting in sunlight next to a

window won’t work as the glass filters out

the UV light that we need. Traditionally,

we’ve never spent as much time indoors as

we do now and in winter we go out wrapped

up so our skin never sees the sunlight it

needs.

Being dark-skinned can make you low on D,

as can being overweight as Vitamin D is

stored in fat, where it's less not as available to

the body. Older people don’t synthesize

vitamin D as well and you can also be low if

you have trouble digesting fats.

Researchers from University College London

said that everyone should get at least 15

minutes of sunshine a day.

In winter, can I get enough vitamin D from my diet or do I need to take

supplements?

Fortified foods like milk and breakfast

cereals sometimes contain vitamin D and

good natural sources are egg yolks and fatty

fish such as salmon, sardines and mackerel.

However, it seems you need to eat a lot. One

source said that we need 6 ounces of salmon

or 47 egg yolks a day to get the 1,000

international units (IU) that are recommended

as a daily dose! In the British winter, taking a

supplement from autumn to April is a great

backup plan. Researchers say they found that

taking the supplement with the largest meal

of their day, rather than in snacks or small

meals works best and you absorb more.

Do ask your doctor for a vitamin D test if you

think you may be low. It is good to check

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March 1950 - JET 1

On March 8th 1950 Rover unveiled the first

car to be powered with a gas turbine engine.

The car was called JET1, and was a two-

seater model powered by the same type of

engine used in a jet.

It was built with the engine positioned behind

the seats. There were air intake grilles on

either side of the car and exhaust outlets on

the top of the tail.

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about five to seven miles a gallon! (2km to

2.5km per litre)

Rover hoped that production models would

follow. However, it proved difficult to build

an engine small enough to fit in a car, which

was also fuel efficient, so the gas turbine

powered car never offered a viable alternative

to the combustion engine.

JET 1 is now on permanent display in the

Making the Modern World gallery in the

Science Museum.

3rd March 1931 - The Star Spangled Banner was named the official National Anthem of

the United States in a

Congressional Resolution signed

by President Herbert Hoover. The

lyrics come from a poem written

in 1814 by Francis Scott Key, a

then 35-year-old amateur poet.

The poem was set to the tune of a

popular British drinking song,

written by John Stafford Smith

for the Anacreontic Society, a

London social club. United States Code states

that during the playing of “The Star Spangled

Banner” when the flag is displayed, everyone

except those in uniform should stand at

attention while facing the flag with their right

hand over their heart.

18th March 1850

The company American Express was

launched on this day by Henry Wells and

William G. Fargo. Although now best known

for its credit card, charge card, and traveller's

cheque businesses, the company - often

referred to as “Amex” started out as an

express mail business in Buffalo, New York.

At the time, the company enjoyed a virtual

monopoly on the movement of express

shipments (goods, securities, currency, etc.)

throughout New York State.

It was in 1882 that American Express started

its expansion into the area of financial

services by launching a money order business

to compete with the United States Post

Office's money orders. The American

Express Traveller's Cheque which was

launched in 1891 following a trip to Europe

by the company president. He was frustrated

to find that in spite of his position within the

company and the traditional letters of credit

he carried, he was unable to obtain cash

except in major cities.


5th March - Cockney Night

A good old knees up with our Chas & Dave

Tribute band and traditional cockney food

12th March - Live Band - Strange Brew

26th March - Live Singer - Grant Simmons

2nd April - Live Band - Monkies Wedding

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This month, Michael Clark (Registered Osteopath, Nutrition & Holistic

Lifestyle Coach) discusses the importance of rest and relaxation

Fatigue affects millions of people and is now

the number one reason to visit a GP. The

more time spent stressed and overworked and

lessening time spent relaxing is a major cause.

Fatigue however is just one of many

symptoms which can appear as a result from

lack of rest/relaxation. Others include:

• An accumulation of fat around the belly

button

• Low energy & Mood swings

• Difficult concentrating and poor memory

• Pains in the neck, shoulders and low back

• Weakened immune system causing frequent

colds and minor illnesses

• Difficulty recovering from injures

And many more

The 3 types of rest

For many, short term pick me ups are the only

way to get through the day. This is less than

ideal and causes major fluctuations in blood

sugar, insulin and cortisol levels which

disrupts normal hormonal physiology. There

are three types of rest. Active rest, Passive

rest, and Total rest. In order to

have a healthy body and mind

we need on a daily basis a

good proportion of each. Our

brain and body requires a huge

amount of energy to stay alert.

Not resting is akin to having

all the electrical appliances in

your house on full 24-7. The

result is a deficit in the amount

of energy used by the body/

mind.

Active rest

Active rest is a reduction in

workload and hopefully something you enjoy.

It’s just as important for someone who is very

inactive such as those in sedentary jobs to

perform active rest as it is someone who

‘never stops’. If someone is struggling with

work, reducing intensity or setting fewer goals

can be a

valuable way

to avoid time

off work and

return to full

duties quicker

and more

efficiently.

Sports people

would train at

60% capacity

or change to

lower

intensity

alternatives

e.g. a boxer

doing light

bag work instead of sparring, a runner

reducing to a jog etc. There are many ways to

relax whilst being active e.g. keen gardeners

may spread one days work over a two day

period, or people can try enjoyable new

activities within a range that makes them feel


to achieve optimum

work productivity,

achieve peak physical

performance,

improve our immune

system, have

consistent stable

energy and to think

clearly and

creatively, it is vital

to schedule into

every day, high

quality, active,

passive and total rest

For more information contact Clarks

Osteopathic & Complementary

Healthcare ® on 01268 795705 or visit

www.osteopathy1.com

good and relaxed such as, going for a walk at

lunch, cycling, swimming etc.

Passive rest

This involves taking the intensity down even

further involving quiet time and stillness

which takes your mind completely away from

work or anything stressful. Watching TV for

hours is NOT ideal. A 10 minute, time out

break, outside in the fresh air and relaxing

your breathing is amazingly beneficial.

Passive rest includes, lying undisturbed in a

bath, reading, meditating, listening to music,

painting, having a massage, sitting in the

garden etc. Passive rest will reduce stress,

promote physical health, and increase

creativity and problem solving.

Total rest

This is something I covered in more detail in a

previous article. In short, total rest is high

quality sleep. For

hormonal reasons our

body is optimally

designed to be asleep

by 10pm and to have

8 hours of quality

sleep. Our body does

most of its physical

repair between 10pm

and 2am if asleep.

Between 2am to 6am

is when the majority

of psychological and

memory processing

occurs, if asleep.

Missing any part of

the sleep cycle has

been medically shown

to have major affects on short and long term

physical and mental health. Achieving high

quality sleep is vital for good health.

This is by no means a complete list and is not

intended to treat any specific person. In order


Appliance Repairs

Advanced Technology 11

Aerial Installation

Trevange 14

Bathroom Supply & Fit

Bathroom Boutique 20

Blinds

Paul James Blinds 15

Bouncy Castles

AAA Bouncy Castles 19

Builders

J.T Installations Ltd 10

Car Repairs

Chips Away 36

Dr Bump 30

Car Servicing & MOT

Cartec 13

Castle Point Motors 1

Cards & Gifts

Village Cards 27

Catering

All Occasions 9

Chiropodists

Martin James 12

Cleaning Services

Duster’s Domestic Cleaning 15

Mopits 19 Time For You 36

Dance Classes

Salsa Fun 22

Day Nursery

First Class Day Nursery 33

Decorators

Andy Youngs 14

Bob Leighton 10

Electrician

E City Electrical 19

Estate Agents & Lettings

Amos Estates 21 Brown & Brand 40

Fisks 9

Robert Michael 29

Fancy Dress

Fancy Anything 14

Fishing Supplies

Hooked 15

Footcare

Jean Harvey 27

Funeral Directors

A.R Adams 13

Gardening

LJ Gardens 10

Oakleighs Garden Maintenance 15

Wade Landscapes 23

Hairdressers

Ellis’ 11

Quinny’s 14

Hypnotherapy

Hypnosis 4 Health 27

Insurance

Alpine Insurance Services 29

Jewellers

Jewellery Hospital 30

Kitchens & Bedrooms

Steve Murphy Interiors LTD 23

Lettings

Liberty Lettings 14

Office Services

DOTS 33

Opticians

Templeman’s 10

Osteopath

Michael Clark 34

PC Services

PC Senior 12

Tuff Computer Company 7

Pet Services

Claudine’s Dog Sitting 27

Discount Pet Superstore 2 Poochies Dog Grooming 14

T & J Feeds 9

Photographer

Clive Wilkins 27

Plumbing & Heating

Aqua Plumbing 19

Restaurants / Cafes / Takeaways

Benfleet Tavern 33 Enjoy Cafe 22

The Oysterfleet 24 & 39

Sports Supplies

Club Sports 17

Sweet Shop

Mr Brown’s 25

Television Supplies

Ace Vision 25

Therapists

Rosemary Cunningham 27

Tool Hire

Hanson’s Hire 13

Transport

Destinations Direct 11

On Time Cars 14

Training

Dr Byte 37

Window Cleaner

JSM Services 12

Windows and Doors

Special FX 5

Wood Supply

Dawes Heath Timber 12

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MOTHER’S DAY - 3rd APRIL

£18.50 Adults £9.95 Children

In the Restaurant 12pm-6pm

Tomato & Mozarella Salad ~ Homemade Vegetable Soup ~ Prawn Platter ~ Crispy Mushrooms with a Garlic Dip

A selection of freshly Roasted Joints from the Carvery

Roast Forerib of Beef with Yorkshire Pudding

Roast Norfolk Turkey with Cranberry Sauce Roast Loin of Pork with Apple Sauce

Served with a Selection of Fresh Vegetables and Potatoes

Selection of Desserts

Freshly Brewed Coffee and Chocolate Mints

In the Lakeside Suite - 1.30pm

Prawn Platter with Seafood Sauce Homemade Chicken Liver Pate with Melba Toast

Homemade Vegetable Soup

Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pudding

Fillet of Salmon with Hollondaise Sauce Breast of chicken with a Chasseur Sauce

Served with Potatoes and a Selection of Fresh Vegetables

Selection of Desserts

Freshly Brewed Coffee and Chocolate Mints

Extensive Bar Menu Available Mother’s Day Evening

Wedding Fayre Sunday 13th March

11am - 4pm Free Entry

Motown Sisters

12th March Live Music including 3 Course Meal

£25 per ticket

St Patricks Night

17th March Live Music with Tony Kearney Buffet Included £15 per ticket

your benfleet & hadleigh march 2011

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