The Hampton Viewer Peterborough August 2011

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Editor: Ellie Melillo

Dear Readers, Welcome to your August edition of ‘The Hampton Viewer’.

Well, the kids are now off school and probably driving

you mad. I hope you found last month’s feature on Summer Activities helpful for this very important mission. This month we have more local events that might be of interest on page 37.

This month we are supporting three different charity events. Firstly, there’s the Peterborough Yacht Club’s Charity Day to be held on Saturday 3rd Septem-ber in aid of Magpas Helimedix Helicop-ter Emergency Response Team (see page 6). Also, a Masquerade Ball is be-ing held on Saturday 24th September to raise money for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice (page 24). And finally, Ride for Ryder in aid of Sue Ryder -Thorpe Hall Hospice. This is held on Sunday 18th September (see page 10). There is something for everyone. If you fancy a good day out, a fun evening or would like a challenge and help raise money for some good courses at the same time look no further!

Also, there is a new Walking Group in Hampton. This is a ‘Walking for Health’ scheme organised by Vivacity. See page 32 for more details.

Finally, a huge Thank you to every-one that entered our competition for the Just Dogs Live show last month. Congratulations to all the WINNERS! I hope you all enjoyed the day.

Have a great month!

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Contents Regular Articles

Recipe: Cajun Roast Monkfish The Whinge: The Gym Behaviour Motor Review: Big Cool French Cars Book Review: Books to keep kids busy

Local Information

Local Information Your Local Trades Local Information Your Local & Library Events

Puzzles

Children’s Puzzle Page Word Search Adults Puzzle Page/Sudoku

Special Features

Ride for Ryder Masquerade Ball

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Book Review: Books to keep

kid busy Page 34


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Local Information — Local Information — Local Information

Peterborough Yacht Club’s

Charity Day on Saturday Sept 3rd in aid of

Magpas Helimedix Helicopter Emergency Response Team Come along and give Magpas the support it so richly deserves.

Tickets £7.00 Children (under 12) £4.00

includes boat ride and Buffet Ploughman’s Lunch.

Games, Stalls, Tombola, Prize Draw, Bar open and Tea/Coffee available, plus Barbecue.

Come and enjoy a day by the river, possibly one of the most prettiest spots in the area.

Peterborough Yacht Club is located off the Oundle Road (A605)

entrance is on the right in the lay- by past Orton Longueville School immediately over the traffic lights.

For tickets and further information Tel. either John 01733 390805 or Josie 01733 844641 mobile 07858025636 or

E. Mail [email protected]

Magpas relies on public subscriptions and receives no funding from the

state. It relies entirely on volunteer Consultants, Doctors, Nurses and

Paramedics and many others who give us the benefit of their experience

and skill with no thought of reward. Many lives have been saved through

their efforts and with your help will continue to do so.

Hopefully you may never need their help, but it’s a comfort to know that help is available when you need it, day or night.


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Ride for

Ryder

D o you want to take your biking

to the next level

and make a huge difference in someone else’s life? Ride for Ryder is more than just a bike ride; it is the most rewarding ride of your life.

Ride for Ryder starts at Sue Ryder -Thorpe Hall Hospice, in Peterborough, on Sunday 18 Sep-tember. There will be two distances offered, 65 miles or 92 miles, completing either distance is an admirable accomplishment

The registration fee for Ride for Ryder is £25. Each cyclist is asked and encouraged to raise £50 that will go directly to Sue Ryder –Thorpe Hall Hospice. This ride is not for the faint of heart. The biking challenge will put any avid cyclist to the test. It will pass through three counties and offer breath taking scenery, but it will also require strength, stamina and self determination.

For all the enthusiastic cyclists who can face this ride head on, there will be food and water along the course and a BBQ at the finish line.

Sue Ryder –Thorpe Hall Hospice takes £2 million to function through the year. £1 million of that has to be fundraised.

Events like Ride for Ryder help to reach this fundraising goal. The money raised helps pro-vide medical care and emotional support for the patients as well as their families.

At Thorpe Hall up to 20 patients with active, pro-gressive and advanced illnesses and their fami-lies are cared for. The focus of care is on quality of life.

Sign up now for this year’s Ride for Ryder by visiting www.suerydercare.org/rideforryder.

For more information about Sue Ryder or Ride for Ryder call Helena Waters at Thorpe Hall

on 01733 330060 or email [email protected].


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For party or booking call us on:

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The Granary Café

Senior Citizen Days: Wednesday & Thursday Farm House Breakfast £3.99 9am - 11.30am

Main Meals £5, Pudding £2.50

12 to 2.30pm Group Bookings Available - up to 30 people

Excellent location for walking parties

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Tea Shop serving delicious simple food made from high quality local

ingredients at very reasonable prices

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if required - Please call 07718971900

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We are located on the A1073 between Eye & Crowland

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We do all our own breeding of

rabbits and guinea pigs. Hamsters, lovely fluffy bunny

rabbits and squeaky guinea pigs all waiting for lots of cuddles.

We also stock lovely runs and houses, feeds, bowls,

hay/straw, sawdust, treats, toys Every need catered for.

Dog, cat, chicken, parrot, bird and wild bird feed also available, so why not come and have a look.

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The Whinge Back Once Again with The Gym Behaviour!

S o by now you should be aware that I’m going through my mid-life crisis

and in particular I’ve decided that I’m going to get fit again and lose the weight that I’ve managed to put on over the past 15 years. Currently, I’m back to my wedding weight! Obviously having reached such a milestone I tried to get into the wedding dress; but my wife shouted at me and said I was stretching it so I gave up on that idea. But I have got back into weight training.

About 25 years ago I started going to a gym in the nearest town. It was run by a previous winner of Mr UK and his wife (a former Ms UK). Some things have changed since then!

The gym I used to attend was called Sweat Shop and consisted mainly of benches that had been hand made from lots of heavy steel with large nuts and bolts and welds strong enough to keep the Forth Rail Bridge together. It was predominantly free weights that you adapted along with the multitude of benches to piece together a workout. The only “machine” in the gym was a cable ma-chine with a variety of different (home-made) attachments.

Now I haven’t avoided gyms completely in the last 15 years so I have seen the steady increase in exercise specific machinery but it was only when I started taking my training seriously that I noticed how big the business has become over that time. There now seems to be a machine for just about every muscle from the neck down. I’m sure we can’t be that far from a Nautilus machine for the eyelids!

However, what I wanted to share with you are some of the things that haven’t changed despite the fact that they really should.

Grunting. Now you expect a bit of huffing, puffing and grunting as you get onto the heavy weights and towards the end of a

workout as things get tough. But for some reason there are a number of guys who feel the need to scream louder than Monica Seles when they undo the top on their water bottle or bend down to tie up their shoe laces. This is a tad off-putting.

Spandex! It was bad then and it still is. Nuff said.

One of the funniest things you see is the guy who struts around for almost his entire workout time not actually do-ing anything. He’ll load a bar-

bell up with what is obviously too much weight, attempt to make a lift, moan loudly without moving the bar and then give a look of severe disappointment, rub one or two muscles trying to make out like he did that weight last week without any trouble and then start re-racking the weights and head towards the showers. You could say he got a bit of a workout from carrying the weights back and forth between the racks but that’s it.

No Spandex!

Another thing you see is the fellow who spends all his time on a bike, treadmill or some other piece of cardio equipment. When I first started going to a gym the only cardio equipment was a rather rusty pathetic looking stationary bike which just sat rusting in the corner. But even then you would get one guy who would turn up to the gym and spend a good hour sat peddling. That in itself is fine because cardio is obviously good for you and modern gyms have whole cardio suites, but the idea is that you mix it up a bit and move around the machines. This is partly to give other gym users a go, but also so you exercise different muscle groups and hopefully give your whole body a thorough going over. But the thing about this guy is that he spends his whole hour every time he goes to the gym on the same piece of cardio equipment, and he’s reading a book. Who can read a book whilst pounding away on a treadmill? It just can’t be done. It just can’t be done.


If you can do it then there’s a fair chance you’re not really putting in the effort and are therefore wasting your money on gym membership.

Look I’ve already told you about the Span-dex. Just put it back in the bag and leave it. OK?

However, by far the scariest thing that seems to still exist is in the changing rooms. Picture the scene. You’ve been working away for the last hour, you’ve pushed your body to its limit and are completely fa-tigued, mentally as well as physically. You cool down and start to get your mind to-gether again, you start feeling pumped and good about the workout you’ve just done and decide it’s time for a nice refreshing shower. Picking up your towel (wiping down the equipment you’ve just used, obviously) you head towards the changing rooms. The post workout testosterone starts to kick-in and you get that very primal manly feeling. You put your hand on the changing room door and open the door, a little too quickly and hard because of the pump and then

you see it. Right in the middle of the chang-ing room is some huge bloke stark naked “flossing”. And I don’t mean he’s particu-larly keen on dental hygiene.

It’s just not right! “Flossing” in itself is wrong, but doing it in the middle of the communal area of the changing room is just the very definition of wrongness. Wrong, wrong, wrong! I know it’s important to dry off prop-erly but I don’t need to see you doing it, and I certainly don’t need to be reminded with the image permanently etched onto the inside of my eyelids so every time I try and go to sleep I see you doing it. Now I remember why I stopped going to the gym in the first place, it was the nightmares, the cold sweats and flashbacks in the middle of meetings with my boss giving me a strange stare as I sat screaming in the middle of the mid-monthly catch-up.

And what made you buy Spandex anyway, who told you it was acceptable? Don’t do it again, ever!

© 2011 Stephen Farringdon http://stephenfarringdon.com

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Your local Trades

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Masquerade Ball in aid of

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice Date: Saturday 24th September Venue: Holiday Inn Thorpe Peterborough Time: 7:00 till late Dress: Black Tie Masqueraqde

Ticket Price: £35 per person

Included: Arrival drinks, 3 course dinner with table wine & entertainment

Raffle, Auction & Disco on the night

Tables of 10 available, ideal company event for a great cause at a great venue.

Tickets on sale NOW!

Visit the website to reserve your tickets

www.eachmasqueradeball.weebly.com

A charity ball is being organised to give something back to the com-munity and also raise awareness

for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices. The charity isn’t as well known in Peterbor-ough as it is in other areas in East Anglia. The charity works closely with terminally ill children and their families.

EACH has recently opened a charity shop in Whittlesey and is well worth a visit.

We have a fantastic night planned and we want to raise as much money as we can. We have been in contact with lo-

cal businesses to help generate prizes for the raffle and auction on the night which is proving to be a success.

To see a list of prizes, please visit www.eachmasqueradeball.weebly.com as we receive more donations we will add them to the list.

Reserve your Tickets NOW by visiting our website

or call me on 0777 1554 606

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Motor Review: Five Big Cool French Cars

T here’s something about big French cars that’s rather cool. They’re not usually

huge sales hits in the UK, but a combination

of quirky styling and laid back comfort

make them attractive buys.

There are some things you’ll have to put up with though: Some have residual values that lose money faster than Greece, reliability can be slightly disappointing and some people will laugh at you.

But not us – we’ll salute you as you waft by with a whiff of diesel, floating along on a bed of air suspension. Here, we pick our five favourites.

Citroen DS

Big French cars don’t get more iconic than the incredible DS. Ci troen sold nearly 1.5m of them during its 20-year production run between 1955 and 1975. It was packed with futuristic technology such as self-leveling suspension and directional headlights, but it’s those stylish looks that make it really cool. A decent DS will cost you around £30k now.

Renault Vel Satis

The Vel Satis was an undeniable sales flop – even Renault’s top brass admit it (h t tp : / /aol . i t /eUQ9mt) – but that, in our eyes, makes it even more desirable. At launch its price put a lot of people off, but we think the unique design, spacious interior and silky diesel engine make it a worthwhile purchase. And the fact you can pick them up for just £2k now makes them very attractive!

Citroen SM Citroen has a habit of producing wacky cars, so when it teamed up with Maserati to build the SM in 1970, the result was always

going to be bonkers. The SM didn’t only look amazing but was packed with tech, including speed-sensitive steering and directional headlights. Maserati took care of the engine, slotting a V6 unit under the bonnet, and the French firm sorted the styling – the collaboration resulted in the creation of a classic.

Renault Alpine A610

Attempting to take on the Porsche 944 with a p l a s t i c - bod i ed Renault was, in hindsight, never going to be a success. But that doesn’t mean the Alpine A160, launched in 1991, isn’t cool. It’s got all the right ingredients – a 250bhp turbo-charged lump positioned in the back, rear-wheel drive and sleek looks. Add the fact it had a habit of snapping like a breadstick on the limit and, in our eyes, it’s even more appealing.

Citroen C6

Here’s a classic in the making. Well, at least that’s what we reckon. The C6 has all the hallmarks of a future appreciator: Mental looks, sublime comfort and the usual amount of specification marvels including double-glazing, head-up display and clever suspension. But what we really love about the C6 is the looks – the dramatic nose and unique rear mark it out against German rivals and makes buying one a real statement.

By James Baggott, editor of Car Dealer Magazine

(CarDealerMag.co.uk)


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Puzzle Pages (all answers on P37)

QUICK CROSSWORD Across

1 Simple (4)

3 Weather conditions (8)

9 Fruit similar to a peach (7)

10 Belonging to them (5)

11 Changes for the better (12)

13 Get away (6)

15 Takes photographs (6)

17 Common features (12)

20 Get to (5)

21 Closest (7)

22 Paying money (8)

23 In addition (4)

Down

1 Scrutinised (8)

2 Narrow piece (5)

4 Soapsuds (6)

5 Numerical (12)

6 Sawhorse (7)

7 Browse on internet (4)

8 Completed (12)

12 High singing voice (8)

14 Metal money (7)

16 Artillery gun (6)

18 Perfect (5)

19 Part of the eye (4)

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Sudoku: To solve this SU-DOKU puzzle, just complete the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the num-bers 1-9 only once.

You need to solve this using logic not guess-work.

Sudoku

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Local Information — Local Information — Local Information

Walk With Us Every Tuesday at

11.00 a.m. from

Hampton Vale shops

A new walking group has recently started in Hampton. Walk with Us is part of Peterborough’s

Walking for Health Scheme under the umbrella of Vivacity. Everybody is wel-come on the walks, even people who wouldn’t call themselves active. The group is led by specially trained walk leaders Jennie and Anna, who are es-pecially keen to meet people trying to increase their daily activity, who are at risk of poor health, or who may feel iso-lated and want to meet new people. Walking makes you feel good and im-proves your health, and Walk with Us provides an opportunity to have fun and get to know others along the way.

You may not walk much for lots of rea-sons. Perhaps you feel unsafe walking alone? Maybe you have no one to walk with, or simply don’t know where’s

good to go for a stroll. W h a t e v e r your reasons, the group can help to get you moving.

The walks are held every Tuesday at 11.00 am starting from the Hampton Vale shops.

All the walks are local, mainly on pave-ment or tarmac, and either flat or with a slight gradient. Walks last from 45 to 90 minutes, and give you an opportu-nity to walk round the Hampton lakes and other green areas, and observe the local wildlife.

All age groups are welcome, but chil-dren must be accompanied. No spe-cial clothes or equipment are needed - and of course it’s FREE!

Please wear flat shoes or trainers on all walks, and don’t worry if you’re not used to walking – come and give it a try. For an informal chat, feel free to ring Jennie on 248990 or just turn up on Tuesday mornings!

LIVE JAZZ RETURNS TO CATHEDRAL SQUARE

S hoppers and visitors to the city centre will be entertained by live jazz as free music events return to Ca-thedral Square this summer.

Following the success of last year's events, live jazz musicians will provide entertainment on Sundays and Thurs-days over the coming months. Each band will perform a two-hour set from 2pm to 4pm with a short break.

The schedule of acts is as follows:

4th August 2011 - Freddie's Jazzmen

7th August 2011 - Caxton Swing

11th August 2011-Riverboat Days Duo

14th August 2011 - Mississippi Jazzmen


21th August 2011 - Caxton Swing


28th August 2011 - Savoy Jazz


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As the summer holidays stretch out, you’ll need plenty up your sleeve to keep the kids busy. Here’s a selection of books that’ll keep them entertained (and away from the TV/DS/Wii).

1001 Holiday Things to Spot

by Hazel Maskell

and Teri Gower

This title features a number of holiday scenes including the airport, the sea, a theme park ride or the mountains. Each page is incredibly detailed and is packed full of things for children to find within the picture. A great way to familiarise children with places before you arrive and the perfect lead-up to eye-spy!

Just out... How to make Stonehenge out of

Biscuits by Tracey Turner and

Clive Goddard - A brilliantly crea-tive assembly of ideas to keep the little ones out of mischief, not just through the summer, but every day of the year. From fun activities such as making invisible ink to more edu-cational challenges such as the Kings and Queens quiz.

Where’s Wally?

The Totally Essential

Travel Collection by

Martin Handford

This is perfect for whil-ing away the hours, with seven classic ‘Where’s Wally’

books crammed into one handy travel-sized edition. See if you can find Wally any quicker than the kids!

A Year without Autumn by Liz Kessler

This new title is a compelling read for girls aged 9+, managing to be heart-felt and humorous at the same time. Jenni Green finds herself travelling one year ahead in time only to discover that tragedy has struck and everything has changed for her friend Autumn. But can she travel back and change what lies ahead? A beautifully written title that’s sure to be a favourite.

Ivan the Terrible by Anne Fine

This brilliantly illustrated book is about Boris who takes on the role of interpreter for Ivan, his new Russian classmate at school. Using the communication barrier and Ivan’s constant requirement for rude and worrying translations. A fantastically

naughty and perfect read for boys.

Yoga Pretzels: 50 Fun Yoga Activi-

ties for Kids and Grownups by Tara

Guber, Leah Kalish & Sophie Fatus

Although not strictly a book, this was too good to leave out. Intro-ducing basic yoga for adults and children, these well-illustrated poses are well explained and great fun too. Stretch and bend in ways you never thought possible with this fantastic set of cards.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Greg Heffley is starting a new year at a new school, with older, taller, meaner pupils for company. Along with his best friend, our wimpy kid details his daily battle for popularity. Perfect for reluctant readers, this series has become a huge hit with school children of all ages.

The Anti-Colouring Book by Susan

Striker and Edward Kimmel

For creative little minds, this is a must-have, packed with ideas and inspiration to encourage chil-dren to expand their minds and develop their artistic ability.

You’re a bad man, Mr Gum!

by Andy Stanton - This fantastically funny book features miserable old Mr Gum who has to keep his garden tidy or he faces a wallop around the head from a grumpy fairy. Children and adults will love read-ing this hilarious tale that’s reminis-cent of the legendary Roald Dahl.


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9.15am - 10.30am 11.15am - 12.30pm 1.45pm - 2.45pm 9.15am - 10.15am 11.15am - 12.20pm 1.30pm - 2.45pm 9.15am - 10.30am 11.15am - 12.30pm 1.45pm - 2.45pm

18 mths - 21/2yrs 18 mths - 21/2yrs 8 - 18 mths 8 - 18 mths Over 21/2 yrs Over 21/2yrs 18 mths - 21/2yrs Over 21/2 yrs 18 mths - 21/2yrs

The age groups are only a guide line, please note you are very welcome to bring younger brothers or sisters to older groupsThe age groups are only a guide line, please note you are very welcome to bring younger brothers or sisters to older groupsThe age groups are only a guide line, please note you are very welcome to bring younger brothers or sisters to older groupsThe age groups are only a guide line, please note you are very welcome to bring younger brothers or sisters to older groups

Thurs Fri

9.15am - 10.30am 11.15am - 12.30pm 1.45pm - 2.45pm 9.15am - 10.30am 11.15am - 12.30pm 1.45pm - 2.45pm 3.30pm - 4.30pm

18 mths - 21/2yrs 18 mths - 21/2yrs Over 21/2 yrs Over 21/2 yrs 18 mths - 21/2yrs Over 21/2 yrs Mixed age group

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Whilst every care is taken to ensure details given on this page are correct at time of going to print, please always check with the venue before

attending an event.

Your Local Events A guide to what’s on in your area

6th, 13th, 20th & 27th August

Historic Peterborough Tour at Peterborough

Museum and Art Gallery

The essential guide to Peter-borough's past. Find out more about the fascinating and often undiscovered history of Peterborough, from the foundation of a Saxon abbey, to the growth of our modern city.

6th August @ 7.30 pm

Stamford Corn Exchange

RE TAKE THAT - TICKETS £15.00 An evening of blockbuster hits from the UK’s most authentic and charismatic trib-ute band. Featuring the hits Pray, Million Love Songs, How Deep is your Love, Could it be Magic, Back for good, Flood and many more. Call 01780 766455

6th & 7th August

Nene Valley Railway

Thomas’ Big Weekend - Fun for all the fam-ily. Call 01780 784444 for more details

13th & 14th August

Peterborough City Rowing Club, Thorpe

Meadows - Summer Regatta For more details call tel. 341333

15th to 19th August

Roaming Romans at Flag

Fen Archaeological Park

Get creative with craft activities weekday morn-ings 10.30am - 12.30pm. New theme each week -

including costumed characters, I-spy trails and much more! Suitable for all ages! Tel: 313414 or visit www.flagfen.org for more details.

17th August

Central Library - Meet the Authors

Army Talk with Military Historian and Novel-ist Allan Mallinson, the author of The Mak-ing of the British Army talks about the rich operational heritage of today's army. For more information call tel. 864277

20th August

Ferry Meadows

Picnic on the Meadows. A day of fun and entertainment at Ferry Meadows for all the family. For details Tel. 01733 234193

20th & 21st August

Nene Valley Railway

Come and meet Postie Pete as he welcomes you onboard the Travelling Post Office coaches at Wansford, with Thomas at the front of the train. Ad-

vanced booking only. For more details call 01780 78444 or visit www.nvr.org.uk

23rd to 27th August

The Embankment

CAMRA 34th Beer Festival. Tel. 764296

24th August Walk in the Woods at Ferry Meadow Learn about Bluebell and Lynch Wood on a guided walk with Ranger Gary Mason. Tel: 01733 234193 for more information.

3rd September

Peterborough Yacht Club’s Charity Day

in aid of Magpas Helimedix Helicopter Emergency Response Team

Games, Stalls, Tombola, Prize Draw, Bar open and Tea/Coffee available, plus Barbecue. See page 6 for details.

10th September Hamptons Annual Autum Fayre, Hampton Vale Stalls, children’s activities, refreshments, entertainment & live music. Join in the fun.

11th September Ride for Ryder Take part in our exciting, challenging Sportif Event and raise money for Sue Ryder - Thorpe Hall Hospice. For more details call tel. 330060

Please mention ‘The Hampton Viewer’ when contacting any of the above

34th Peterborough

Beer Festival


Your Local Library Times & Regular

Events

Hampton Library

Opening Times: Monday: Closed

Tues. & Wed: 9.30 - 1.30pm Thurs. & Fri: 1.30am - 6.00pm Saturday: 9.30am - 1.30pm

Regular Events:

Rhymetime

Tuesdays 9.30am -

10.00am and 10.15am- 10.45am

Storytime

Fridays 2.30pm - 3pm

Codex Junior Reading Groups

Thursdays 4.30pm - 5.30 Meet monthly for fun and games - various dates.

For further information call tel. 864538

Beginners’ Computers

Tuesdays 11am - 12.30pm Everything you need to know to use

a computer, email and surf the web.

Adult Reading Groups

Thursdays 4.30pm - 5.30pm Meet monthly various dates.

For further information call tel. 864538

Silver Surfers

Fridays 3pm to 4.30pm

For Hampton Library call 01733 864538 or email

[email protected]

Summer Reading Summer Reading Summer Reading Summer Reading Challnge Challnge Challnge Challnge

Are you aged between 5 and 12? Then come and join the Summer Reading Challenge, running until September 10th.

It’s free to join. Your challenge is to read 6 books and you will win a medal and a Certificate.

Summer DrawSummer DrawSummer DrawSummer Draw

Tickets for Vivacity’s first ever summer draw are now available. For just £1, you could win one of our fantastic prizes in-cluding Vivacity Annual Gym Memberships

How to enter Ask any member of staff or visit vivacity-peterborough.com

for full details

Puzzle Answers

Kids Puzzle

Sudoku

Cutlery, Waiter, Kitchen, Tables, Dessert, Menu, Cake, Bread, Bottle

1, 5 & 6, 8, 12, 14 & 3, 6, 15 & 12, 16, 24, 28 & 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 & 24, 36, 42 & 14, 21, 49

Quick Crossword

Across: 1 Easy, 3 Cli-mates, 9 Apricot, 10 Their, 11 Improve-ments, 13 Escape, 15 Camera, 17 Similarities, 20 Reach, 21 Nearest, 22 Spending, 23 Also. Down: 1 Examined, 2 Strip, 4 Lather, 5 Mathe-matical, 6 Trestle, 7 Surf, 8 Accomplished, 12 Falsetto, 14 Coinage, 16 Cannon, 18 Ideal, 19 Iris

Hidden phrase: A lake is one of God's finishing touches. Anon.

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Advertising and Distribution

Distribution: The Hampton Viewer is delivered directly into the homes and businesses of THE HAMPTONS.

To Advertise:

Please call or email Ellie Melillo - 01733 330658/[email protected] The Viewer, 17 Sebrights Way, South Bretton, Peterborough, PE3 9BT

Web: www.theviewer.org.uk

INDEX of Advertisers

Lighting

Wrights Lights Motor Services

Broadway Garage Express Autocare PNP Autofix

Pet Services

Caves Pet & Farm Shop Photographers

Dave Porter Photography

Plumbing & Heating Services

Excel Gas Services TF Plumbing & Heating Property Maintenance

B. Rollings Decorating Chris Ireson Painter & Dec. Oakdale Decorators Restaurants, Cafes & Pubs

Cherry House Restaurant Giuliano’s Restaurant Lakeside Café The Haycock Hotel The Red Lion The White Swan Solar Energy

Solar Creations

Taxis

White Knight Cars Ltd.

Tilers & Tiles Supply

K. Owen Ceramics & Stone Upton Ceramics Wedding Venues

The Haycock Hotel

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Accounting Services

Linda Carr Accountants Stephenson Smart & Co. TaxAssist Accountants Aerials & Satellites

Ace TV Aerial & Satellite Carpet & Flooring

AHF Oundle Carpet Weavers Xpert Flooring Children Activities

Happy Faces

Children Shoes

Zebedee Shoes

Cleaning Services

Carpet & Upholstery Clinic Computers Services

Computer Man Progressive Computing Craft & Haberdashery

Art & Stitch Dance & Exercise Classes

Jazzercise Domestic Services WBCS Domestic Cleaners Dry Cleaners/Launderette

Schoffields Dry Cleaners Electrician

MM Electrical Services SCN Electrics Ltd

Farm Shops

Willlow Brook Farm Shop Caves Pet & Farm Shop

Fashion / Clothing

Art of Embroidery Swanky Rags Furniture

AHF Garage Doors

Ridgeway

Garden Nurseries & Serv.

Cj’s Patio & Garden Serv. Graham’s Landscapes Olive Grove Nurseries Wyndham Landscapes

General Maintenance

The Hampton Handyman Gifts and Experiences

Flying Lessons - FlyCB Glaziers

RA Baker Hair & Beauty

Root 66 Hair & Beauty Studio No. 4 Swanky Cutz The Tanning Lounge Health, Fitness & Lifestyle

Amanda Allport Clinic Jazzercise One Leisure Insurance Brokers

HR Insurance Services

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