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A Bracknell house decorator |
Stephen Turner Tel 01344 360070
Mobile 0794 1384137
premierdecorating@hotmail.co.uk |
Hugh & Anne Gibbons |
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A Bracknell plumber |
David Dear 01189 272869 Mobile
07976 696018 |
Hugh & Anne Gibbons |
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A local garden fencer
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Ben Roberts in Ascot - Mobile 07818
406233
(Though he's not in the British fencing team for the Olympics) |
Hugh & Anne Gibbons |
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A local tree surgeon |
Fernoak Tree Surgeons
based in Roman Hill Tel 01344 645554 Mobile 07763 74514 |
Hugh & Anne Gibbons |
A good day out
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Castle Combe in Wiltshire -
"The prettiest village in England".
And Dee says "the food in Castle House was excellent".
Nearby is the Castle Combe
Racing Circuit - which has some jolly interesting cars
and overtaking. So it's real racing, not like Formula 1.
To get to Castle Combe, go down west
down the M4 for a hour. At the Chippenham junction turn south onto the A350
and follow the Castle Combe signs. You might consider combining it
with a trip to Avebury and Silbury Hill, which are on
the A4, about 12 miles away. |
Dee Clarke-Green |
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A hand-made birthday, wedding, greetings
or other card |
Theresa Harrison who lives in
Roman Wood Tel 451841 |
Hugh Gibbons |
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A local walk for families |
Lily Hill Park for the woodcarving
Thames Valley Park
(down M329) then west along the
Thames/Kennet to Reading or east to Sonning
Sandhurst Memorial Park
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Anne Gibbons |
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A football club to support
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Portsmouth FC
He's the 7th Bishop, so that would
make him a useful midfielder, then, Harry?
(Not that he doesn't offer blessings on
Southampton and Reading, of course) |
Season-ticketholder
Bishop Crispian Hollis
Bishop of Portsmouth
Roman Catholic Diocese
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A carpet-cleaning service |
Specialist Cleaning Services Tel
01344 444903 |
Anne Gibbons |
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An afternoon out |
Berkshire Aviation Museum at Woodley
- packed with local exhibits
Stratfield Saye House south of Reading
- as if the Duke of Wellington were still living there |
Hugh Gibbons |
A new interior designer
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Martina Leahy
of Martina's Interior Designs in Roman Hill, Bracknell.
Tel: 01344 426746
As you can see, she's also a dab hand on the hamburger stall
at Summer Fayres |
Hugh Gibbons |
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A theatre evening out |
Wokingham Theatre -
excellent amateur group with a fine repertoire of productions
Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond
- professional theatre in an intimate former chapel |
Hugh & Anne Gibbons |
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A good place to eat and drink |
Rose & Crown, Woodside Road,
Ascot - family business run by Bracknell Catholic Parishioner Peter
Hancock |
Anne Gibbons |
A family day out
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Avebury & Silbury Hill
10 miles south of M4 in Wiltshire -
makes Stonehenge
look like a flat pack from Ikea. The village is set among a circle of
huge standing stones (which you'll allowed to touch). Europe's largest
ancient man-made mound, Silbury Hill
is 10 minutes walk away; and a neololithic barrow just over the road.
There's an excellent museum, and fine cafe.
To get to Avebury, go down the M4 for 45 minutes to Swindon. Avebury
is about 10 miles south - along the road that goes past Wroughton. |
Hugh Gibbons |
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A holiday read |
Any of the Falco private eye novels by Lyndsey
Davis - funny, richly detailed. Set in the Roman Empire AD70... |
Hugh Gibbons |
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A business Must Read |
Yes! 50 Secrets from the Science
of Persuasion. Paperback ISBN978-184668-016-8
The
Art of Looking Sideways by
Alan
Fletcher ISBN 0714834491
An absolutely amazing book packed with ideas, illustrations, puzzles, jokes,
and learning by "a pictorial jackdaw" |
Hugh Gibbons |
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An unusual shop |
The RISC Shop in London Road, Reading
- FairTrade, TraidCraft and more |
Hugh Gibbons |
A local artist |
John Weeks in Hanworth - who does beautiful
portraits, landscapes, miniatures. The photo on the left shows one of
John's pictures about to find a new home in Mijas on the Costa del Sol.
The picture is of the Thames near Cholsey in Berkshire - where Yvonne &
Michael Goodacre (on the right) were married 40 years ago. It made an ideal
present when Anne & Hugh Gibbons visited the Goodacres in March 2008. One of John's recent commissions was
a full-length official portrait of the High Sheriff of Berkshire - complete
with tights, knee-length britches, and stock. (En route for B&Q, maybe?)
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Hugh & Anne Gibbons |
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A UK place for a family holiday |
Newport in Pembrokeshire - big beaches,
mountains, cliff walks. |
Hugh & Anne Gibbons |
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A restful place in Spain |
La Cartuja de Cazalla de la Sierra -
former monastery now arts centre in the hills north of Seville |
Hugh & Anne Gibbons |
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A good cause to support |
The Joe Homan Charity - UK-based
organisation
running children's towns in India and Thailand |
Hugh Gibbons
David & Christina McCann |
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A local good cause |
TraidCraft stall and FairTrade
in the Tea House in Bracknell Broadway every Friday 10am-4pm. |
Jenny Colby |
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A local solicitor |
Ann Dobson at
Giles & Co in Peach Street, Wokingham
Tel 0118 978 1017.
A lady with will power. |
Hugh & Anne Gibbons |
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A good local evening class |
Singing for Fun - Bracknell &
Wokingham College course at Bulmershe |
Hugh Gibbons |
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A better home than the BFBC,er, dump |
Bracknell
Freecycle;
Wokingham Freecycle Give away unwanted items to others who
can use 'em |
Hugh Gibbons |
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A good idea for a wedding present |
How about the new idea of www.presentaid.org? |
Hugh Gibbons |
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Someone with a gazebo to borrow
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Hugh
Gibbons - it's about 3m x 4m and useful for parties |
Have a guess |
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