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We’re celebrating 4 years of supporting the

local community with Your Canvey

magazine. To tie in with our anniversary, we

have made a few alterations to our design

layout in order to bring you a fresher look

and an even better publication - we hope you

like the changes!

Our overall aim is to bring you a magazine

that you can use as a directory of local

businesses and community services. The

handy A5 size makes it ideal to keep and

refer to over and over again. What we say is

“Read The Rest, But Keep The Best!”

You can read past copies of the magazine

along with an archive of all the articles we

have ever included on our website at


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Welcome to the September Issue

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Editors: Graham & Angela Owen

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magazines and includes much more

information than we can print each month.

You can find out What’s On in the area,

read about local businesses, read about

local history and much more. If you have

an event or community group you would

like us to promote on our website, you can

e mail [email protected] or call

01268 696404.

We would love to hear from you if you

have any photographs or stories of

Benfleet, Hadleigh or Thundersley in the

past or if you have any exciting news that

you would like to share with our readers

please get in touch.

Enjoy this new look issue!

Best Wishes

Graham and Angela OwenGraham and Angela OwenGraham and Angela OwenGraham and Angela Owen

CELEBRATING 4 SUCCESSFUL YEARS


The Benfleet Horticultural Society currently has 600 members and provides a meeting place for like-minded gardeners to discuss any problems they may have and hopefully find the answers.

The society was formed in 1920 and is

served by an active committee who manage

the running of a store, organize three flower

shows a year, organise club and quiz nights,

produce a year book and newsletters and

arrange one or two coach trips a year.

The Store

The store at Cemetery Corner, Benfleet

provides the finance to run the society and is

staffed by volunteers with a wealth of

gardening experience. Prices are kept to an

absolute minimum wherever possible. The shop stocks a full range of basket plants

including Fuscias, trailing and upright

Geraniums, Begonias and many others. A

good selection of bedding plants is also

available such as Buzy Lizzy, Marigolds and

Pansies.

In the vegetable range, there are at least 5

varieties of tomato, runner beans, 3 types of

cucumber, marrows and courgettes to name

but a few.

Membership is open to everyone who has an

interest in growing plants, flowers and

vegetables for food or for showing. The cost

of joining the society is just £2 a year per

household and you would normally expect to

save this amount with your first purchase in

the shop.

For more information e mail:

[email protected] or visit

www.benfleethorticulturalsociety.com

Store: Cemetery Corner, 423b High Road, Benfleet, SS7 5AF

Opening Times:

Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday - 10am - 12noon.Saturday - 2pm - 4pm.

Weekends only throughout December. Closed January.

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I’m sorry to be the first person to mention the C word! We all complain about Christmas getting earlier every year with shops starting to display their Christmas products from the very beginning of September but it really is a good idea in these times of financial difficulty to start planning early.

Here are some tips that you can put into

action now to get organised and start early to

help avoid getting into financial difficulties.

1. It’s never too early to start shopping

The great thing about starting Christmas

shopping early is you will beat the crowds.

You will be able to do more shopping in half

the time because there will not be any

queues at the checkouts! You will probably

find some great deals as well as shops try to

reduce their stock to make room for special

Christmas products.

Don’t forget to start stocking up on food as

well. If you buy your frozen goods ahead of

time you will not have to worry about the

Christmas rush at the supermarket. Anything

you can do ahead of time will help take the

stress off last-minute preparations.2. Start

saving now It’s amazing to see how fast even small

savings can add up. Don’t get into a negative

mindset about how much you can put away –

just get started! As you start saving you may

want to consider looking for a way to

increase your savings as you go along.

Perhaps you can sell some old treasures you

have lying around the house at a car boot

sale or on Ebay.

3. Set up a budget It is a good idea to have a Christmas budget

that you can work with so that you can stay

on track for the next couple of months. If

you need more decorations, a special outfit

for a party and more food for visitors this

should all be taken into account along with

the expenses for gifts. Don’t forget to plan

for unexpected expenses as well. If you have

a little extra tucked away you’ll be able to

relax more and enjoy Christmas the way

they it is meant to be enjoyed.

4. Make a list Prepare a list of all the people you need to

buy a present for and place it on a wall in

your house where you can see it. This will

keep Christmas shopping on your mind, and

as you work towards crossing names off the

list, it will become a game

and your shopping will get

done early. Sometimes

early Christmas shopping

can be planned and then

forgotten about as

Christmas approaches.

It is never too early to plan

for Christmas. Remember

how you felt last year with

the last minute Christmas

rush and make sure it

doesn’t happen again this

year by doing some careful

budgeting and planning.


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Wintergardens Baptist Church, Hilton Road

Every Monday 11am - 12pm

Tuesdays

Luncheon Club

Age Concern, The Paddocks, Long Road,

Every Tuesday. Call the Age Concern Office

Mon - Fri between 10am & 1.30pm

Wednesdays

Castle Point District Stroke Club

Runnymede Hall, Kiln Road, Benfleet

Every other Wednesday

Call Geoff Sharp on 01268 780701 Benfleet Floral Art Group

Richmond Hall, Benfleet, SS7 5HA

4th Wednesday of the month, 7.30pm

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Flower Arranging Demonstrations

New Thundersley Townswomen’s Guild

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University of the Third Age

Your invitation to join the Benfleet group of

the U3A

The U3A is an exciting and friendly

organisation which enables members to share

numerous and varied educational, creative and

leisure activities and make new friends.

About the U3A

U3A stands for the University of the Third

Age, which is a self-help organisation for

people no longer in full time employment

providing educational, creative and leisure

opportunities in a friendly environment. It

consists of local U3As all over the UK, which

are charities in their own right and are run

entirely by volunteers.

Local U3As are learning cooperatives which

draw upon the knowledge, experience and

skills of their own members to organise and

provide interest groups in accordance with the

wishes of the membership. The U3A offer

the chance to study over 300 different subjects

in such fields as art, languages, music, history,

life sciences, philosophy, computing, crafts,

photography and walking. A typical U3A has

about 250 members but could be as small as

12 and as large as 2000.

The Benfleet Group held its inaugural

monthly meeting in July. At the first meeting

a committee was formed and members were

asked to suggest activities of interest to

them. As a result, approximately

16 individual groups have already been

formed covering topics as diverse eg Local

History, Family History, crafts, gardening,

ten-pin bowling, IT, walking, luncheon

club, meditation. Additional groups will be

arranged when a number of members

request them and when there are the

sufficient skills available within the

membership to run these groups.

Monthly meetings are held on the last Tuesday of each month at 2:00-4:00pm in Richmond Hall. In addition

there will be a 45 minute talk by an

external speaker on a variety of different

subjects. Groups covering specific

interests are held on various days and times

either monthly or more frequently as

required. Groups covering specific interests

are held on various days and times either

monthly or more frequently as required.

Annual Cost: There is a one-off

payment of £19:00 for the year to join.

Contacts: If you would like to become a

member please contact: Marie Howard

(Membership Secretary) 01268 752834

If you would like further information,

please contact either: Helene Claxton

(Chairman) 01268 750784 or Jackie

Liberty (Secretary) or Neil Liberty

(Treasurer) 01268 750613 or e mail

[email protected]


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Roche Art Group thoroughly enjoys its meetings at St Teresa’s RC Church hall located behind the Church at 109 Ashingdon Road, Rochford.

The club meets on Wednesday evenings

from 7.30pm to 9.30pm and the facilities are

excellent with good lighting and comfortable

surroundings.

Gill Waple, their publicity officer advises

“We will be pleased to hear from anyone

who may be interested in joining our

friendly and enthusiastic Club. We are a

group of mixed abilities and use various

media, helping each other in a relaxed and

informal way. Occasional professional

demonstrations are arranged and we organise

enjoyable outdoor painting trips in the

summer.”

The Group is looking forward to

participating in Art on the Railings in

Southend on 4 September as well as their

annual exhibition on Sat 22 October 2011 at

St Teresa’s to coincide with the Rochford

Art Trail.

Whether a beginner or with previous

experience you will be most welcome as a

visitor – please contact Lily Mills on 01702

207568.

Local News

Weightwatchers in Benfleet has a new inspirational leader!

What everyone needs when trying to lose

weight is a mentor that has been there, done

that! If, like me, you are constantly fighting

with your weight what you need is someone

who completely understands what you are

going through and can help and support you

every step of the way.

Just over 6 years ago, Debbie Pearce - a petite

4’11 weighed over 16 stone. Today, Debbie s

an inspiration to all her Weightwatchers

members having lost over 6 stone on the

Weightwatchers Plan to reach her goal weight.

“I still find it a continuous struggle to

maintain my weight” says Debbie “and I think

that is what inspires people who attend my

meetings. I don’t stand there saying how easy

it is to lose weight - I tell them that I have

been there and am still there and hope to

inspire people that they too can lose weight

and keep it off. It’s not easy but through my

experience, I can help people to achieve their

goals.”

Weightwatchers in Benfleet meets every

Wednesday at Runnymede Hall, Kiln Road,

Benfleet, SS7 1TF at 6pm. Debbie also runs 2

classes on Canvey Island. For more

information call Debbie on 07872 987 153


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Any month which starts on a Sunday

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Beautiful Range of Local Scenes including

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Commissions Undertaken

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10 Light egg-based

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11 Bestial (7)

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15 Lively dance (5)

17 American-Indian

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September in History

12th September 1878

On this day, Cleopatra’s Needle - an

Egyptian obelisk was erected on the Thames

Embankment.

One of an identical pair (the other is in

Central Park, New York,) Cleopatra's Needle

was presented to the United Kingdom in

1819 by the ruler of Egypt and Sudan -

Muhammed Ali Pasha. It was a gift to

commemorate the victories of Lord Nelson

at the Battle of the Nile and Sir Ralph

Abercromby at the battle of Alexandria in

1801.

The obelisk is almost 3,500 years old and

was originally built for the Pharaoh Thotmes

III in 1460BC. It is carved with

hieroglyphics praising Thotmes and

commemorating his festival. So why is it

called Cleopatra’s Needle when it actually

has nothing to do with her? It was brought

to London from Alexandria which is

the Royal City of Cleopatra.

13th September 1916

One of the greatest storytellers for

children of the 20th century, Roald

Dahl was born today in Cardiff to

Norwegian parents. His birthday is

celebrated around the world every year

with Roald Dahl Day. This year’s Roald

Dahl Day will also celebrate 50 years of one

of Dahl’s most famous books - James and the

Giant Peach.

Although most famous for his children’s

stories, Dahl’s first published work in 1942

was a story for adults about his wartime

adventures that appeared in The Saturday

Evening Post. His first children’s book was

The Gremlins - a tale about mischievous

creatures that were part of RAF folklore. His

stories were usually told from a child’s point

of view with the villains often being adults

who were cruel and mistreated children. Dahl

went on to write some of the world’s best

loved books including Charlie and the

Chocolate Factory, The BFG, Matilda, The

Witches and George’s Marvellous Medicine.

Roald Dahl died on 23rd September 1990 at

the age of 73 from a type of blood disease.

If you would like to join others from around

the world as they

celebrate Roald Dahl

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This month, Michael Clark (Registered Osteopath, Nutrition & Holistic Lifestyle Coach) discusses top tips for healthy weight loss.

NEVER go on a diet

Dieting refers to a dietary restriction of calorie

intake. Depriving the body of calories or any

important nutrient such as fat, protein etc may

cause initial weight loss, however the body

cannot tell the difference between a restriction

of calories from a diet or starvation and will

quickly kick into survival mode. According to

the World Health Organisation “starvation

begins below 2100 calories per day.” Below

this level fat storage will increase and your

ability to burn fat will reduce. Research has

shown low calorie diets at least DOUBLE fat

storing enzymes and cause fat cells to literally

grow larger, in addition your body will

HALVE your fat releasing enzymes. This

means you are twice as efficient at storing fat

and half as efficient at releasing and shrinking

your fat cells. Furthermore your body will try

to conserve energy, avoiding calorie burning

by slowing the metabolism and breaking

down muscle tissue.

NEVER skip breakfast

Skipping meals is common mistake in an

attempt to try and achieve a healthy

weight. Every time you skip a meal your

body responds by increasing fat storage as

a means of survival. The more regularly

we skip meals the more efficient the body

will become at storing fat making it

progressively more difficult to lose

weight particularly for women who are

genetic pre-programmed to be more

efficient at storing fat than men.

NEVER go on a fat-free diet

There is a huge amount of misinformation

regarding the roles of fats in health and body

weight. The most common is ‘eating fat will

make you fat’- this is simply untrue. Quite the

opposite, research has shown that when

women diet, those eating the lowest level of

fat weigh the most. The quality of the fat is

the key. Grass-fed organic beef and beef fat,

naturally raised lamb, organic raw dairy

products (butter, cheese, milk, cream) and

coconut oil are the best. QUALITY fats have

many health benefits such as:

� Fat and quality protein satisfies hunger for

longer reducing the chances of over eating

or making poor food choices.

� Helping build healthy hormones

� Supporting the immune system due to

antiviral agents (caprylic acid.)

� Healthy brain and nerve function (the

brain is mainly made of fat and

cholesterol.)

� Stronger bones (fat is required for calcium

to be effectively incorporated into the

bones.)

Fat is a huge subject which I cannot go to into

enough detail here. For more information I

suggest reading the book Eat Fat, Lose Fat by

Health & Nutrition with Michael Clark


Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enig, PhD. or

visiting www.mercola.com and entering ‘The

Truth About Saturated Fat’ in the search

engine.

DRINK plenty of water

It’s common to mistake thirst for hunger.

Drinking plenty of quality water regularly

throughout the day will speed up your

metabolism and decrease snaking. It can be

difficult initially to remember to drink water.

Carrying a bottle of water with you will help.

If you find it difficult to drink plenty of water

then start with a small bottle and gradually

increase your intake until you are drinking a

large bottle or more every day.

EAT high quality food

As I have stated in previous articles to achieve

good health and optimum weight it is essential

to consume the highest quality foods possible.

This includes fresh seasonal vegetables, soil

association organic whenever possible, free

range meats, wild caught fish etc.

EXERCISE regularly

Muscle cells are very metabolically active.

This means to keep a muscle cell alive in your

body requires approximately 14x more energy

than to have a fat cell. Muscles burn energy

around the clock even when sleeping therefore

reducing excess fat stores. Strength training is

more effective at maintaining lean muscle

mass and low visceral fat levels than

cardiovascular training. Women can easily

stay slim and gain lean muscle tone without

becoming overly big by incorporating strength

training. Sports men and women such as

gymnasts, figure skaters, power lifters etc.

perform high levels of strength training and

low levels of cardio training but have among

the lowest visceral fat levels in sport.

GET quality rest and sleep

Establish a healthy balance between exercise

with rest, relaxation and quality sleep.

Insufficient rest and too much stress are

associated with an accumulation of fat

around the mid-section. Achieving a good

night sleep and going to bed earlier will help

you wake up feeling alert, refreshed and

reduce the cravings of sugar and caffeine to

get you going. Unwinding with a relaxing

book, listening to music, having a bath, and

anything that makes you feel relaxed has

been shown to help weight loss.

Achieving an ideal body weight is all about

incorporating healthy lifestyle choices rather

than depriving the body of nutrients and

over exercising.

For more information on achieving an ideal body

weight contact Clarks Osteopathic &

Complementary Healthcare on 01268 795705 or

visit www.osteopathy1.com

Health & Nutrition with Michael Clark


coaching programme entitled

Money Breakthrough Method.

The lady who started the

programme is dedicated to

helping women to earn good

income by doing what they love,

something that has become my

mission too, in addition to my

therapy work of course!

In the programme we looked at

our deepest beliefs about money,

what we’d heard about it as children from

parents, teachers and other people we

respected. For instance, you may believe that

rich people are unpopular and dishonest and

it’s better to be poor and honest. Or you

might have seen that money is hard to come

by, you have to work REALLY hard for it

and it can disappear in an instant, leaving

you destitute so you should never spend

anything. I discovered that the ideas and

beliefs I had taken on as my own, were

running my life and not in ways that were

making me happy or successful in business.

The course had a profound effect on my life;

it brought on a big financial crisis that I had

to tackle head on. I went from being scared

to check my bank account to knowing

exactly what goes in and out and keeping a

daily check on everything financial. Drama

around money is exhausting and stressful

and now I help my students set up systems

so they know exactly what is going on.

Then we can relax, concentrate on earning

money, paying off any debts we have

accumulated and get on with enjoying life!

If you would like to learn more and find

your happy relationship with money, I’m

running Discovery Evenings every few

weeks in Hadleigh! Contact me on 01702

558623 for a chat and more information.

There aren’t many subjects that are more emotional than money. The way we run our finances mirrors the rest of our life. If your finances are a pickle, the chances are that other areas of your life are too! However, all is not lost! After a crisis in my own financial life last year, I discovered that, with a few adjustments, we can have a much happier relationship with money.

I’ve been self employed for 18 years and in

recent years, my income hadn’t gone up at all.

I kept thinking I was doing something wrong and would try to fix the problem by working

harder. Frustrated, broke and curious, I started

investigating what was in my way and why

some people earn plenty of money with ease

and some just don’t. What a revelation!

I always thought that I had difficulty charging

for my services and raising my prices and as I

had come from my nursing, NHS background

where we’re not used to billing our patients

personally for caring for them. I realised that

was just a little bit of the issue as a lot of

business people have the same challenge. The

real barrier was me, Rosemary and how I

valued myself and what do. On a deep level, I

didn’t think what I did was good enough to be

well paid for my work.

In my research, I discovered an incredible

Creating a Loving Relationship with Money


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Police

Essex Police 0300 333 4444

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Benfleet Neighbourhood Policing Team

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Medical

Basildon Hospital 01268 533911

Southend Hospital 01702 435 555

NHS Direct 0845 4647

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South Essex Stop Smoking Services

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Castle Point Council 01268 882455

Essex County Council 0845 7585 592

www.essexcc.gov.uk

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House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA

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Decorators

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Brown & Brand 40

Fisks 37 Robert Michael 27

Fencing

Ellis Fencing 11

Fishing Supplies

Gone Fishing 29

Gallery

Hadleigh Gallery 25

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McGregors 11

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Alpine Insurance 27

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Unique Kitchen Co. 15

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Ward International 19

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DOTS 15

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K J Green 26

Templemans 28

Osteopath

Michael Clark 32

Parties

Fabulous Fairy Parties 23

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A & E Computers 19 Tuff Computer Company 39

Pet Supplies

Cockapoodledoos 28 T & J Feeds 14

Pharmacy

Asif’s Pharmacy 17

Plumbing & Heating

Aqua Plumbing 19

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Benfleet Tavern 7

Fishmarket 9

The Muddy Creek 22

Secretarial Services

JMS Marketing 10

Sunglasses

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Sweet Shop

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Therapists

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