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Windsor Farmers' Market to mark fifth birthday 28 February 2010 | |||
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Windsor Farmers’ Market celebrates its fifth birthday on Saturday 6 March at its permanent location in St Leonard’s Road, Windsor. Local restaurateur and celebrated TV chef Antony Worrall Thompson who is a passionate advocate of local food for local people will meet shoppers and stall-holders, and cut the birthday cake at 11 am. Diane Harker who manages the market on behalf of Thames Valley Farmers' Market Co-operative says: “The last five years have flown by and the market is better than ever. More and more local people come to the market because they know they can buy genuine local produce with a known provenance." The market takes place in St Leonard's Road between the Fire Station Arts Centre and East Berks College from 9 am - 1 pm. | |||
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Market takes place in snow for first time 13 January 2010 | |||
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Stallholders braved the wintry weather to ensure that
Maidenhead Farmers’ Market went ahead as usual on Sunday. After the
unprecedented arctic weather of the previous week and with Grove Road car
park covered in melting snow anxious customers were ringing the market
organisers to check whether it would be going ahead.
"Our main worry was one of safety” said Kath Pinto, one of the organisers. “We didn’t want customers slipping over and hurting themselves.” However, stallholders managed to clear the ground around the stalls in time for the customers. Market Manager, Diane Harker said: "I was determined we would not break our record. We have never missed a market, even during the foot and mouth outbreak". Ten stallholders made it to market. The stallholder who came the furthest was Jack Weller of Selsey Shellfish Direct who operate three boats out of Selsey Bill in Hampshire. When asked whether fishing conditions had been difficult recently he said: "At sea it was fine. The main problem had been unloading the catch as the quayside had been under snow".
Tips for Living Lightly |
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Forget the telly, put on your wellies ! Avoid the January sales, get a new experience instead: Braziers Park un practical outdoor courses or you can take part in estate workdays. www.braziers.org.uk Liftshare - car share for one off trips or regular journeys to work. Lots of people already registered around Hungerford offering journeys to Swindon, Reading and further. Login and pick up a lift or offer one www.liftshare.com Eat What's in Season - for a list of what's in season each month see www.bbc.co.uk/food/in_season/ In Season now going into Jan: Leeks, winter cabbage, pumpkins, chestnuts, beetroot, parsnips, turnips, spinach, artichokes and of course... love 'em or hate 'em ...Brussels sprouts What to Do in the Garden: See www.gardenorganic.org.uk and www.allotment.org.uk for loads of helpful info and month by month guide on what to do. Develop your talents at a forthcoming Skills Sharing Workshop: Philip Brown will show the sourdough bread making process for making delicious Borodinsky bread & using rye starter to make a tasty French style country bread. Bring a small Tupperware container if you'd like to take a starter home with you ...... Thursday, 14 January 7.30pm Hungerford United Reformed Church Hall £2 Thanks to HEAT of Hungerford for these ideas. www.hungerford.uk.net/HEAT | |||
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Maidenhead Farmers' Market celebrates Tenth Birthday 14 September 2009 | |||
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Chef Antony Worrall-Thompson visited Maidenhead Farmers' Market yesterday to
cut the birthday cake and congratulate the organisers for running it for ten
years. Its success is due to support from its many demanding and
satisfied customers who want to shop for quality, fresh produce
direct from the local producers. Several of the stallholders who attended the first market back in late 1999 joined Antony and the organisers in a group photo. Afterwards Antony toured the market to meet the stallholders and made several purchases.
Click here to see the video taken at the market. | |||
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Recycling To Save Lives – New BAG IT UP fund-raising partnership announced 20 July 2009 | |||
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fund-raising initiative from the Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance (TVACAA)
with the first of the bright red clothing receptacles appearing in the
Reading area. TVACAA’s recycling partner is Yorkshire based Bag It Up Ltd, a textile recycling company which has raised over £1.2 Million for a number of UK charities since 2005 by recycling and selling on a wide variety of clothes from strategically placed textile banks. TVACAA’s Pat Conafray said: “It has been a significant year for the charity having celebrated our 10th anniversary and surpassed 11,000 missions. “Part of these celebrations is the launch of this brand new scheme allowing individuals and the community to get involved through recycling their unwanted clothing. Banks will be placed throughout the Thames Valley and Chiltern operating areas.” The first banks have been placed at Waitrose Supermarkets in Reading and Wokingham, Tilehurst Railway Station, Homebase Reading, Thameside Promenade in Caversham, Hexham Road in Whitley, Orts Road Reading and the George & Dragon & Victoria public House in Reading. New bank locations can be found by checking the postcode locator at www.bagitup.org.uk Organisers are also calling for more organisations to host textile recycling banks on behalf of TVACAA. Wendy Eldridge of Bag It Up Ltd said: “Hosting a bank costs nothing to any organisation, landowner or the charity. “Recycling sites are needed to place TVACAA clothing banks, where the public can recycle clothes, shoes and household textiles, helping to raise the crucial funds needed to keep the aircraft and crew saving lives, whilst diverting waste from landfill. “We are looking for landowners, supermarket managers, community centres or anyone who has got a great spot for a clothing bank? We would be delighted to hear from them. Please email us at info@bagitup.org.uk or ring 0870 3215505. For more information about BAG IT UP recycling schemes, please visit www.bagitup.org.uk For more information about the TVACAA and how you can donate please visit www.tvacaa.org | |||
